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Q: My Story And a Possible Solution to Itp

asked by: chrisc2685 on October 6th, 2005

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I had full-blown thrombocytopenia purpura for quite a while. My platelet count dropped to 4,000. They gave me prednisone for a long time and the count kept dropping after the the dosage was reduced.

In early tests my spleen wasn't functioning abnormally and I did not have any form of cancer. My eukaryocytes were abundant. But somehow the count was still dropping.

I took matters in my own hands and did a lot of research. Ascorbic acid (vitamin c) fights off infections. I took four ascorbic acid tablets per day. My platelet count lingered around 70k. Then slowly began to drop again. The vitamin c had some effect to say the least but did not stop the pestilence.

Since that wasn't quite the answer, I did research on other vitamins. The potassium vitamin actually caught my attention first. It seems that potassium is an antagonist to rat poison. Rat poison makes the rats bleed internally. Potassium strengthens cells.

After I started taking the potassium with ascorbic acid, my platelet count jumped to eighty thousand. Three months later, it was at 120,000. Now it has been three more months and I haven't experienced any negative affects. It seems the disease has lost its potency. I no longer have nose bleeds, fatigue, nor ruptures underneath my skin.

I'm not saying this is the answer for everybody... But it seems to be working for me. Sadly the doctors laughed it off. It seems they are more afraid of losing money from the drug companies but i'd rather not conclude that. It is just a thought. And there is always the chance that there is another reason why it just got better on its own. This isn't likely considering nothing worked until I took these vitamins. I was just ecstatic when I started to get better.

Overall, I recommend for any suffering individuals to try this treatment. This isn't for cancer patients, etc. Obviously. It may or may not work, but when I was sick I tried everything I could (that wasn't dangerous). Don't overdose on it either! I wonder if it has a chance of working on others. If anybody else tries this, please leave a response. Then maybe give me an update a month or two.

Good luck

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g1chiang

replied on January 12th, 2006

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Where to Get Potassium With Ascorbic Acid

I'd like to buy potassium with ascorbic acid. However, I tried quite a few place, and I can't find potassium with ascorbic acid in there. Please tell me where to buy them. Pharmacist said I can take potassium and vitamin c together. How do you think?

rsie

replied on June 26th, 2008

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low blood plateletes

Hi
I have low blood plateletes since dec 2007- before that i had blood clots and i am on coumadin.
The doctors tried everything from prednisone to Rituxan and winrho aswell
The count is still 30k.

I have been taking a lot of vitamins and hope that vitamin c, potassiam and absorbic acid helps me.......
If there is anything else that you know of, pls let me know. I cannot travel by air and havent met my family because of all this.

Thanks a lot and may god bless u.

khalak

replied on July 15th, 2008

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Blood Clot and ITP

Hi rsie,

I also have this contradicting problem, that is low platelet count and blood clots in my legs. My doctors have refused to treat me with coumadin (warfarin) for clots because they think coumadin may cause serious bleeding due to low platelets.

What was the cause of your blood clots, did your doctors attempt to find the cause?

Thanks and all the best...

TogetherBuildingPeople

replied on January 3rd, 2009

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Transfer Factor

Hi there,
I was actually looking around to see what information was out there on people with ITP using Transfer Factor and stumbled upon this website.

I was diagnosed with ITP at the age of 16. I had taken Prednisone, done different blood fusion treatments, and was even at the risk of having my spleen removed until I found Transfer Factor. I currently take Transfer Factor and have been in remission since I started taking it two years ago. It is an amazing product which helps re-teach your immune system how to work. If anyone wants more info on the product, feel free to write me. Honestly, Transfer Factor has been amazing. I've gone from having less than 10,000 platelets to always having at least 230,000!

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AdMan1

replied on March 23rd, 2009

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Coumadin raised my platelet counts

After 2 years of treatment with Prednisone I had my spleen removed in 1997 due to ITP low platelets. My platelet count never zoomed but stayed in the 120,000 range, but in 1998 I got a DVT clot in my calf and was put on Coumadin blood thinner. It didn't affect my platelet account and the hemotologist decided to leave me on the blood thinner until I lost weight (which I didn't). In 2005 I had my gallbladder removed and that hemotologist took me off Coumadin. 18 months later my ITP returned and counts got as low as 2,000. The docs put me on high doses of Prednisone, Imuran, and CellCept. Nothing worked to give me stable platelet counts but in March 2007 I had a blood clot in my lungs (PE) and was put on coumadin again. The docs were concerned because of my low platelet counts but were surprised that my counts started to move up and are now in the 120,000 range again. They removed me from Prednisone (weaned) and CellCept but left me on Imuran and the counts were stable at that level. I have a major problem with abdominal swelling and feel it's the Imuran, but now the doc is worried abut taking me down on it as he doesn't want to risk my platelet count going down. But my clothes don't fit and I feel very unattractive - won't even go to a pool anymore because of the swelling. We'll have to see but for what it's worth, for me at least, going on Coumadin seems to have helped my ITP platelet count situation...as I think I had clumping platelets and never got a proper result until my blood was made thin.

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