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Could Recurring Fever, Painful Joints And Low Platelet Count Indicate Autoimmune Disease?

Hello, my daughter is 31 years old. She has had psoriasis since she was approximately 12 years old which covers her entire head and spots on her stomach and back. About two years ago she started running a high fever which was accompanied by severe joint pain. She went to the doctor as she was feeling so awful and they ran all kinds of blood test. Mainly focusing on lyme disease. All they came up with was low platelet count. She recently had her third child who is 5 months old. Her platelets were low the entire pregnancy but did come up before she had the baby. She has started running a high fever again which is accompanied with the joint pain. The happens about once a week now. Could this be some type of autoimmune disease? I am very worried for her as I can tell she doesn t feel well at all.
Mon, 24 Aug 2015
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There is no documented evidence of change in platelet counts and its association with autoimmune diseases. Decrease in platelet count can be caused by variety of diseases and in pregnancy blood cells may vary in number. Unless you tell about other symptoms autoimmune diseases can't be addressed.
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Could Recurring Fever, Painful Joints And Low Platelet Count Indicate Autoimmune Disease?

There is no documented evidence of change in platelet counts and its association with autoimmune diseases. Decrease in platelet count can be caused by variety of diseases and in pregnancy blood cells may vary in number. Unless you tell about other symptoms autoimmune diseases can t be addressed.