Why are corticosteroids used to treat ITP?

[NeedToStudy]

That's what it says in Pathoma but he doesn't really explain why this is the treatment. Some help?

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[dfib slim]

They lead to in increase in platelet count by knocking off the autoantibody producing lymphocytes.

 

[animando]

because that's the ultimate rule of medicine

When everything else fails, use steroids

(answer provided one post upward)

 

[cbrons]

The mechanism is uncertain but may involve increased apoptotic death of autoantibody-producing lymphocytes and downregulation of macrophage activity responsible for platelet phagocytosis [26].

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