With thrombocytopenia, the amount of time it takes to cure depends on the cause of the disease. Overall speaking, it takes 1~2 months if it is fast, and years or even life-long incurable if it is slow. 1. Infection: If thrombocytopenia is caused by infection, the thrombocytopenia can be corrected by actively controlling the infection such as using antibiotics (levofloxacin), usually in about one month. 2. Drug damage: when taking certain drugs such as ganciclovir, causing excessive destruction of platelets, which will lead to thrombocytopenia, at this time by adjusting the drug can improve the number of platelets, usually takes a month. 3. Autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis cause thrombocytopenia, we should actively treat the primary disease, after the primary disease is relieved, the platelet count will rise, the cure time depends on the primary disease, it may take several years. 4. Primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura, mainly due to the production of anti-platelet antibodies in the body, so the first choice of glucocorticoids such as prednisone treatment, usually 6 to 8 weeks, the number of platelets may be improved, if the treatment is ineffective, platelets may continue for years or decades below normal level. 5. Leukemia and other malignant hematologic diseases: if disease remission is achieved through chemotherapy with drugs such as cytarabine, platelets may recover in about 1 month; if treatment does not result in remission, platelets may not recover for a long time. When treating thrombocytopenia, it is recommended that the cause of the disease should be clarified before the therapeutic effect can be achieved through medication, surgery and dietary regimen under the guidance of a physician.
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