Platelets less than 20 refers to the platelet count in the routine blood test is less than 20 × 10^9 / L, whether you can take prednisone to enhance the platelet count and the patient’s specific conditions related to the prednisone is generally applicable to the treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura, no therapeutic effect on the thrombocytopenia caused by other causes.
1. Prednisone, clinically relevant drugs are prednisone acetate, prednisolone, prednisolone acetate, hydrogenated prednisone and so on. It is an adrenal cortical hormone drug. Used in the treatment of allergic and autoimmune inflammatory diseases, connective tissue diseases, such as rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, severe bronchial asthma, nephrotic syndrome, thrombocytopenic purpura.
Adverse reactions include sodium retention, weight gain, etc. Use with caution in patients with severe immunodeficiency, hepatic or renal impairment.
2. There are many reasons for low platelet count, which need to be clarified by bone marrow aspiration, rheumatology and immunity examination to exclude other blood diseases, such as myelodysplastic syndromes, hematological tumors, leukemia, etc. If the diagnosis is immune thrombocytopenic purpura, the first choice of therapeutic drugs is glucocorticosteroid drugs, which can be used to elevate the platelet count with prednisone.
However, in the case of other diseases such as acute leukemia, prednisone cannot raise platelets.
Prednisone is a prescription drug, if you need to use the drug, you should be under the guidance of a doctor to reduce the risk of using the drug.