Overview

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease that destroys platelets. It appears to be linked to environmental toxicity, and treatment of environmental toxicities appears to lead to resolution of symptoms [Rea1992a]; [Rea1992b]; [Rea1996a]; [Rea1996b], [Starr2005, pg 154].

Please see conventional, complimentary and alternative medical treatments for important background information regarding the different types of medical treatments discussed on this page. Naturopathic, Complimentary and Alternative treatments that may be considered include:

Differential Diagnosis

Treatment

Naturopathic, Complimentary and Alternative Treatments

Immune System Balancing

[McCulley2018, pg 61] reports that ITP is an autoimmune disorder, and proposes an approach to treating this disease, which should be supervised by a properly trained medical professional. Dr. Weyrich has considerable interest in this topic, but has not treated any cases of ITP with Immune System Balancing.

Please see What is Immune System Balancing? for more information.

Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)

According to the Low Dose Naltrexone home page [LDN], LDN has been seen to benefit many different autoimmune diseases. Although Dr. Weyrich is not aware of any reports of treating ITP using LDN, Dr. Weyrich speculates that ITP may also respond to LDN.

Dr. Weyrich has been trained in the use of Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). However, Dr. Weyrich has not treated any cases of ITP with LDN.

Please see What is Low Dose Naltrexone? for more information.

Neurotransmitter Balancing

Neuro Research [Hinz2015] reports that chronic diseases such as Thrombocytopenic Purpura can be benefited by balancing neurotransmitter levels in the body.

Dr. Weyrich has been trained in neurotransmitter balancing protocols, but has not treated Thrombocytopenic Purpura using this technique.

Please see What is Neurotransmitter Balancing? for more information.

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