Assessment
Questionnaire
Have a symptom?
See what questions
a doctor would ask.
See what questions
a doctor would ask.
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a condition in which there is excessive bleeding and bruising due to a low number of platelets, blood cells that are important to the clotting process, that has no known cause. See detailed information below for a list of 0 causes of Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
» Review Causes of Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Causes
Home medical tests possibly related to Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura:
Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura may include:
Review further information on Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Treatments.
More Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura animations & videos
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
Research the causes of related medical symptoms such as:
Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed. Women with the condition tend...read more »
Poorly healing leg rashes a classic sign of chronic disease: Recurring leg rashes, or poorly healing leg rashes, are a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes, particularly of Type 2 diabetes, but...read more »
Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go undiagnosed. The main problem is that psoriasis is rare in children, and not often seen by physicians...read more »
Read more about Misdiagnosis and Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Other ways to find a doctor, or use doctor, physician and specialist online research services:
Thrombocytopenia occurring in the absence of toxic exposure or a disease associated with decreased platelets. It is mediated by immune mechanisms, in most cases IMMUNOGLOBULIN G autoantibodies which attach to platelets and subsequently undergo destruction by macrophages. The disease is seen in acute (affecting children) and chronic (adult) forms.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, or a subtype of Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
Ask or answer a question about symptoms or diseases at one of our free interactive user forums.
Medical story forums: If you have a medical story then we want to hear it.
See a list of all the medical forums
ITP, Werlhof disease
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medical Conditions associated with Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura:
Bleeding symptoms (1783 causes), Skin symptoms (5992 causes), Skin color symptoms (2348 causes), Blood symptoms (2297 causes), Skin problems (3422 causes), Abnormal blood test symptoms (1538 causes)
Doctor-patient articles related to symptoms and diagnosis:
These general medical articles may be of interest:
See full list of premium articles on symptoms and diagnosis
Tools & Services:
Medical Articles:
Search Specialists by State and City
By using this site you agree to our Terms of Use. Information provided on this site is for informational purposes only; it is not intended as a substitute for advice from your own medical team. The information on this site is not to be used for diagnosing or treating any health concerns you may have - please contact your physician or health care professional for all your medical needs. Please see our Terms of Use.
Copyright © 2011 Health Grades Inc. All rights reserved. Last Update: 7 May, 2013 (0:22)
