blood disorders
Overview of Thrombocytopenia
Treatment of Thrombocytopenia
Treatment of cause of thrombocytopenia Avoidance of injury to minimize risk of bleeding Drugs that increase production or decrease destruction of platelets Sometimes platelet transfusion Treating the cause can often treat the thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia caused by a drug usually is corrected by stopping the drug. Thrombocytopenia caused by autoimmune destruction of platelets (as in Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) ) is treated with People with a low platelet count and abnormal bleeding usually should not take drugs that impair platelet function (such asaspirinor nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). People who have a very low platelet count are often treated in a hospital. When bleeding is severe, Overview of Blood Transfusion , although sometimes the transfused platelets also are destroyed by the underlying disorder. 