2023-10-12 14:03:33
A female college student in Changsha had red spots and bruises on her body and was notified of critical illness during the examination. (Picture/reproduced from Upstream News)
Don’t ignore any abnormalities in your body! A 20-year-old female college student from Changsha, China, traveled to Shandong a few months ago. During the trip, she developed many red spots and bruises on her body. After returning home, she went to the doctor for a check-up. She was shocked because the platelet index was only 1, but the normal value should be 100 to 300. She was shocked on the spot. He was given a critical illness notice. Fortunately, following treatment, the platelet index returned to normal, but he had to continue taking medication every day.
According to “Upstream News”, a female college student had some small red spots and bruises on her body at the end of June this year. At that time, she thought it was a mosquito bite or accidental bump. Because it didn’t hurt or itch, she didn’t pay much attention to it. During the school holiday in early July, she chose to travel to Shandong from July 7 to 10. However, there were more and more red spots and bruises on her body, which made her realize something was wrong, and she immediately went to the hospital for treatment as soon as she returned to Changsha.
The female college student had a routine blood test and decided to go home first because the results would be released the next day. Unexpectedly, not long following she got home, she received a call from the hospital telling her that the situation was very serious because her platelet index was only 1 and she was asked to go to hospital quickly. She was hospitalized recently and was immediately diagnosed with “Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)”, also known as purpura. She was hospitalized directly and was notified that she was in critical condition, which made her unbelievable.
The platelet index of the female college student is only 1. (Picture/reproduced from Upstream News)
From the time the female college student was admitted to the hospital on July 10 until she was discharged on July 22, she had to undergo blood tests almost every day and receive infusions for 4 to 5 hours. Her hands were completely swollen and she also had a bone marrow puncture. The entire treatment plus hospitalization was a total of She spent more than 10,000 yuan, and following being discharged from the hospital, she still had to eat a box of Hetrimopag (Hetrimopag ethanolamine tablets) worth nearly 1,700 yuan every day, which cost more than 20,000 yuan. She wanted to use her own experience to remind people of middle age to pay attention to their health. , Don’t think that you don’t pay attention to health issues when you are young. If you find something wrong with your body, you must go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible, otherwise the gain may outweigh the loss.
How to check yourself for immune thrombocytopenia? Professor Xu Shuangnian, director of the Hematology Department of Southwest Hospital, pointed out that if the skin appears bruised and purple without injury, or gum bleeding or nose bleeding cannot be stopped in a short period of time, it is necessary to seek medical treatment in time to find out the cause and carry out active and correct treatment.
If it is confirmed to be immune thrombocytopenia, there are three things to note. First, eat soft food to reduce the risk of bleeding. Animals such as fish and chicken should be prohibited to avoid fish bones, chicken bones, etc. getting stuck in the throat; second, if the condition is more serious, Patients should rest in bed, and those whose symptoms are relieved should also avoid overexertion; finally, patients should avoid colds and diarrhea caused by various causes, because once a cold or diarrhea occurs, it will stimulate an immune response and cause further damage to platelets.
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