Riverhills Park Playground to be Dedicated Thursday 
Patch.com
Allie has has idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or ITP, a condition in which the blood doesn't clot at the levels it should. If Allie falls from traditional playground equipment, she could bleed to death. Her parents, Renee and Wally Blain have ...

 

Angel Medical Center honors and appreciates its nurses 
Macon County News (blog)
DAISY is an acronym for ?diseases attacking the immune system,? and is a program established by the family of Patrick Barnes, who was diagnosed in late 1999, with ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura), an auto-immune disease.

 

Upcoming health & wellness events 
Detroit Free Press
Platelet Disorder Support Association for people with ITP: ITP, immune thrombocytopenia (also known as immune or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura), is an autoimmune disease. Meet in radiation lobby, down the hall to the right of the main entrance.

 

Boy with blood disease needs transfusions to live 
KETV Omaha
"It turned into 30 minutes. They came back and said, 'You need to take him to the hospital.' Doctors diagnosed Zach with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, or ITP. The bleeding disorder causes the immune system to destroy the body's platelets.

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