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Summer Bruises - Surfing

by Quinn Bradlee
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

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My last day on Long Island I went body boarding and it was pretty rough; it was just after hurricane Earl. After I had paddled out a few times, I started to get tied so I thought I would try and walk to the end of the jetty (rocks) and jump off at the end like a lot of surfers do. W...

  • re bleeding
    bhph
    Wednesday, September 08, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    (Just a reminder for ALL 22q folks)

    Are your platelets OK?  Many 22qs have chronically low platelet counts (?70-100) but can sometimes get severe thrombocytopenia (< 20) as well.  ITP an autoimmune disease where the body destroys its own platelets.

     

    Just a thought, especially if you EVER have UNEXPLAINED bruising/bleeding. 

     

    But since you know WHY you were bleeding, you're probably just fine.

    bhph


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