Derek Elston, trustee of the ITP Support Association, talks to the PharmaTimes
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Derek Elston, trustee of the ITP Support Association, tells PharmaTimes about his experiences of being diagnosed and living with the rare bleeding disorder
How were you diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and what were your symptoms?
I was first diagnosed in 1993 with ITP after working in the Far East for 14 months. At the end I was fairly shattered both with the intensity of the work and commuting regularly. After about four weeks, I decided to visit the doctor. He took a sample of blood.
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