My name is judy, I am 50 years on and have
had lupus for 14 years. It has been a up
and down disease, going into my kidneys,
joints, lungs, etc. I have the best
doctor in the world and she has saved my
life more that once. Because of the
medication I have taken through out the
years I have had two hip replacements, and
some other minor health problems. Now my
blood platelet is running between 18,000
and 27,000. They upped the predisone to
70 ml for a month with little or no
change, then sent me to a hematogolist, he
gave me 4 doses of gamagoblins which
brought the count up to 36,000 for a
couple on weeks, but it is now down to
18,000. They have decided to take out
the spleen. But since all of this have
been going on I am having shortness of
breath. I walk a small way and I am
totally out of breathe. Could this me
caused because of the low platelet count?
I have been coming down slowly on the
predisone and am at 20 ml now. Thank
you for your time judy
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 08-25-04 11:43am
Yes,your low platlets could cause
this.Your blood carries oxygen,if your
platlets are low,there is less blood
volume,therefore,less oxygen, that can
result in shortness of breath.All the
steriods can also affect your blood
counts.Have you mentioned the shortness of
breath to your doc??This is important
,your doc needs to know this!Good luck to
you!Patty
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