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After Diagnosis Of Thrombocytopenia, Will Hiv,hepetitis C And Epstein Barr Tests Be Done To Determine The Cause?

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2014

Question: After thrombocytopenia is diagnosed, will tests for hiv, hep c and Epstein Barr be done to help determine the cause of the condition?

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (3 minutes later)

Would hiv and hep c be ruled out based on self reporting alone?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer: Follows. Detailed Answer: Dear Sir, Thank you for asking your query on XXXXXXX Well looking into the query I will like to tell you that thrombocytopenis can be caused by a number of causes of which HIV and HCV are not very common , although yes definitely they can lead to thrombocytopenia but they will be thought of when some relevant history is available pertaining to them . Other common causes should be ruled out first. Ebstein barr virus can lead to it ,infact viral fevers are the most common causes for thrombocytopenia Yes I think by self reporting you mean to interpret the test themselves , you can do this ,all the labs give interpretation of the result so you can find out if it is positive or not . Take care. Dr. Shruti

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (9 minutes later)

Epstein Barr was tested which was negative. Self report of no hiv or hep c. Dr has ruled out hep c, hiv and Epstein Barr. Would hep c and hiv been tested as well? Will a dr rule out these causes based on a self report of negative ?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (2 hours later)

Brief Answer: Follows. Detailed Answer: Dear Sir , For ruling out HIV and HCV adequate testing by ELISA and PCR need to be done . Only if they come negative it can be taken as negative whether there is any high risk behaviour present or not . Dr. Shruti

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

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