Cause: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)

Hey guys, So I was diagnosed with ITP when I was 3. I have lived with it, but I never really thought about how others with ITP felt and if what I felt was normal. I was researching ITP and how to cure it and came across this site. It …

I was diagnosed at the age of 16, in the emergency room, as my arm bled into my IV line. My platelets were at 30,000 instead of the normal range of 150,000-450,000. My antibodies are viciously killing my platelets, leaving me able to bleed to death at any minute. I …