A member asked:

Has anyone lost someone to idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp)? is it a deadly disease?

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Rarely deadly: The risk of dying from a complication of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is fairly low. Death, if it occurs, is usually related to a bleeding event such as bleeding in the brain. The general estimates are that the risk of death is <1%.

Answered 1/1/2020

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