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Choosing Sports1
According to the Children's Hospital of Boston1, if your platelet counts are over 75,000/mm3, most sports will be safe, as long as you wear appropriate protective gear.
Contact sports and rough play may need to be restricted if your platelet counts fall below 75,000/mm3. But there are still plenty of ways to stay active. Most people with ITP can swim, hike, jog, bike (with a helmet), walk, play golf, go fishing, or play Frisbee at any time.
Sports and hobbies may have an impact on whether or not treatment is begun, especially in children with acute ITP which often resolves without treatment within six months to a year2. Your hematologist will help you weigh the risks and advantages.- Children's Hospital of Boston website. ITP Kids.org. Available at http://www.itpkids.org/content/itp_sports.html. Accessed May 5, 2008.
- Cines D.B., Blanchette V.S. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 346(13): 995-1008.
