I'd like to know how i can cure a condition of reduced platelet count
(suspision of Thrombocytopenia or ITP) without taking drugs or
steroids. I am a 45 y/o male and have been HIV+ for the past 2-3
years.
My CD4 cell count is relatively good (630) and my viral load is
49,000. my doc says i'm not yet in a condition to take drugs (HAART).
i keep a balanced diet and i'm generally healthy. In the last 4-8
weeks I have been experiencing a drastic drop in platelets and White
Blood Cells (WBC). I have gone down from my normal platelet count of
217,000 to 76,000 and my WBC dropped from 6.7 to 3.3.
I have been feeling very good lately despite this condition which was
discovered in my tri-monthly HIV blood work. I workout regularly and
avoid alcohol. I do however smoke 2-5 cigarettes a day. I take a large
variety of
supplements which included up till a few weeks ago ALA (Alpha Lipoic
Acid) which i hear can cause Thrombocytopenia. I stopped take ALA. I
also am using Homeopathy. I took a remedy called Nux Vomica, which i
stopped when i realisex my counts were dropping. My homeopath
perscribed a new remedy called Phosphorus to try and help the
platelats go up. it raised it almost immedietly to 100,000 (the WBC to
5) but then dropped to it's lowest a day later (as i said 76,000 and
WBC to 3.3). I read that Shark Liver Oil and Melatonin may help up the
count but i am eager to know if there are any other methods to heal
this condition (especially through homeopathy which i've been treated
with with relative success over the years). My doctor says i would
have to have a bone-marrow test to find out if the problem is from a
condition called ITP or simply that HIV has begun to bug my system and
I would therefore need to resort to HAART despite my relatively good
HIV counts.
i would also like to mention that my father suffers from Immune
Thrombocytopenia and gets IVIG (gama globulin) according to platelet
count. |
