subject: Your Low Platelet Blood Count And What To Do [print this page] Author: Laura H Jean Author: Laura H Jean
If you have been suffering for sometime with low platelet blood count you have most likely been diagnosed with ITP disease or at lest suspect ITP. If you have done any research, and you probably have already, you are informed enough to know that ITP is an autoimmune disease. This means that your body's defense system is attacking your platelets and destroying them or causing them to be destroyed.
What are the standard treatments for ITP?
1. Steroids
2. Chemotherapy
3. Spleen removal
You must admit, some pretty lousy choices. And what are the purpose of these traditional treatments? To destroy your immune system! Maybe I should be less dramatic and say suppress you immune system, but the truth is some of the drugs actually destroy your defense system. This ends, at best, with you being left defenseless against just about any bug or infection that comes along.
Why not just suppress or control the part of the immune system that is attacking your platelets and causing your low platelet blood count instead of the whole thing? Is that even possible? Contrary to most medical opinions, the answer is YES! Doesn't this sound like the most sensible approach?
So how can this be achieved?
There are two types of herbs and nutrients that have an effect on your antibodies.
1. Immune Stimulators
2. Immune Modulators
What is the difference?
There are herbs that stimulate the immune system. For example Echinacea. This herb is usually recommended for the flu and for colds. Echinacea is an immune stimulator. It stimulates the whole immune system. This would not be advisable for your low platelet blood count because the stimulation would promote platelet destruction.
An herb or supplement that is an immune modulator would regulate your overactive immune system. This type of herb or supplement would decrease the bad part of the immune defenses while increasing the part protecting you from sickness.
In other words, an immune modulator would decrease antibodies destroying your blood platelets while continuing a balance of the rest of the immune system. This is the herbs, or I should say, types of herbs and supplements needed to improve your low platelet blood count and end ITP.
You just have to learn which herbs and supplements to use and how to use them. You don't want to just take any herbs or supplements without understanding what they are for or how they can affect you. You need to be precise in your choices and not use a shotgun approach.
I would like to encourage you to take the time to look into this more. You will never be sorry that you did. Your low platelet blood count can be completely done away with but YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION... no one will do it for you. Research and study is the key and believe me, it is worth it!
You now possess possibly the most valuable information about your low platelet blood count and another choice you have to dealing with it successfully. I wish the best and good health to you.About the Author:
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