
“Thrombocytopenia (the fancy word for low platelets) in pregnancy” – with Dr. Sarp Aksel
Healthful Woman Podcast
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Idiopathic Thrambositopenic Per Pura
The two most common and the ones that were almost always going back and forth on trien to fer what is is either justatial thromocytopenia or i t p. Some people believe gustatial throbocit penia is like a temporary, mild form of i t p, where women develop a few antibodies when they're pregnant. The real practical distinction is the number. If the number is high enough, it's probably gustational. And in particular, if her numbers are high when she's not pregnant, it's probably just stational. Whereas if they're very low, then it's probably some form of this i t p, which is auto immune.
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