WHY DOES ITP OCCUR ?

[Anthonyh7]

For those of us living with ITP or for anyone who is a parent or carer for someone living with ITP the following video presentation by Professor John Semple looks at why ITP occurs.

It is a superb overview of how and why ITP develops. It is by far the best explanation that I have come across in the 15 years that I have been living with ITP.

Here is the link -

youtu.be/3rCz_fQkxxA(Not working as expected?)

[JCKKESC]

Thanks for sharing Anthony have saved to view at another time, sounds interesting 🙂

[RobertSp]

Thanks for the great video.. As you said it is complex. Each time I see this sort of information , I understand a little more. Query: During the COVID thrombocyte concern, I read a paper that seemed to say that platelets could grow spike proteins on their surface. I understand that platelets do not have nuclei, but they would probably have to have mitochondria to make the spike proteins. Question: Do platelets have mitochondria? I think the first research was done with an electron microscope (expensive). But the information could be very useful. For example: Do spike proteins show up on large young platelets or just on older shriveled platelets? Are spike proteins already present when the platelets are budding in the bone marrow? Would that mean that ITP is a viral infection of the bone marrow? As you can see, many questions. Are there any answers?

[dunn258]

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