Platetlet question

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A 13 month old was rushed to the hospital last week, due to bruises appearing in various parts of his body when he awoke from his nap. He had blood vessels bursting in his body. After some test at the hospital the dr's found his blood platelet had fallen to 2. He was given medication where the platelet went up to 5 and then given steroid where it went up to 8. He is being tested for leukemia, lupus, etc.

Just curious to see if anyone has any clues about what could cause the platelets to drop that low. I've been trying to figure it out but not sure.

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Specializes in Trauma/Burn ICU, Neuro ICU.

Hi,

Here is a link from Mayo clinic about thrombocytopenia.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/thrombocytopenia/DS00691/DSECTION=causes

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Specializes in Neuro/Med-Surg/Oncology.

We recently had a man in his 20s that had Evan's Syndrome. He was diagnosed when he was a toddler. We had a heck of a time getting his counts up to snuff. He finally responded to a few rounds of Rituxan. I can't believe how much we transfused the poor kid.

Here's a link:

http://www.evanssyndrome.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=25

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