Treatments are done in a hospital. Plasma is the liquid part of your blood. It carries blood cells, hormones, enzymes, and nutrients to your body. Plasma exchange also called plasmapheresis is used to treat acquired TTP. This is a lifesaving procedure. During plasma exchange, an IV needle or tube is placed in a vein in your arm to remove blood.
The blood goes through a cell separator, which removes plasma from the blood. The nonplasma part of the blood is saved, and donated plasma is added to it. Then, the blood is put back into you through an IV line inserted into one of your blood vessels. The time required to complete the procedure varies, but it often takes about 2 hours. Treatments of fresh frozen plasma or plasma exchange usually continue until your blood tests results and signs and symptoms improve.
This can take days or weeks, depending on your condition. You'll stay in the hospital while you recover. Some people who recover from TTP have flareups.
This can happen in the hospital or after you go home. If you have a flareup, your doctor will restart plasma therapy. Medicines used to treat TTP include glucocorticoids, vincristine, rituximab, and cyclosporine A. Sometimes surgery to remove the spleen an organ in the abdomen is needed. Signs and Symptoms How is Anemia Diagnosed? How is Anemia Treated? How Can Anemia Be Prevented? How is Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Diagnosed?
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Twitter Facebook. This Issue. August Bruce C. Wu, MD ; William H. Knospe, MD. Access through your institution. The median number of TPE was 13 range; CR was achieved in CR was not achieved in Thrombocytopenia together with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia is mandatory for the diagnosis of TTP and if these two criteria met in a patient, TPE should be performed immediately. Abstract Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura TTP is a particular form of thrombotic microangiopathy typically characterized by thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, fever, neurological abnormalities, and renal dysfunction.
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