ITP/TTP and the COVID vaccines
Asking Questions - Part One
As I discussed in my first Medical Freedom Substack piece, I have been diagnosed with ITP for over 25 years and severe ITP for at least 15 of those years. Naturally, I have to be very careful about what I put into my body. I bring up a number of different medications that I am strongly advised that I cannot take, such as aspirin. Furthermore, ITP patients are also advised about what they can eat and what they have to limit in their diet.
In the piece, I brought up that I was planning to go into the Johnson & Johnson trial after my hematologist approved me for vaccination. However, after seeing the tragic death of Miami obstetrician, Dr. Gregory Michael, I canceled the appointment and decided to wait until more research about ITP and the COVID-19 vaccine came out.
The research shocked me on people contracting ITP and TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura) after receiving the COVID-19 vaccines. Here are the papers that about the vaccines and ITP/TTP.
ITP after Pfizer and Moderna shots. —- Thrombocytopenia following Pfizer and Moderna SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination. Am J Hematol. 26 May 2021.
Paper about ITP in people with history of ITP and without history if Itp using vaers data and ITP support organizations in US and UK. VAERS: 79 new cases, 109 w preexisting ITP (19 after dose 1, 14 after dose 2). 57 from US and 43 from UK ITP support groups. “prior splenectomy was associated with worsened thrombocytopenia”. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8483984/ Blood. 1 Oct 2021.
Thrombotic thrombocytopenia associated with COVID-19 infection or vaccination: Possible paths to platelet factor 4 autoimmunity. PLOS Medicine. 24 May 2021.
Malignant cerebral infarction after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccination: a catastrophic variant of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia. Nature Communications. 2 Aug 2021.
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. British J Haematology. 2 May 2021.
Severe, Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenia Occurring After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. J Blood Med. 6 Apr 2021.
COVID-19 vaccine-associated immune thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT): Diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations for a new syndrome. Eur J Haemaol. 13 May 2021
Laboratory testing for suspected COVID-19 vaccine–induced (immune) thrombotic thrombocytopenia. Int J Lab Hematol. 17 Jun 2021.
Immune thrombocytopenia in a 22-year-old post Covid-19 vaccine. Am J Hematol. 11 Feb 2021
Familial thrombocytopenia flare-up following the first dose of mRNA-1273 Covid-19 vaccine. Am J Hematol.
Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis (VITT). Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 27 Apr 2021.
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination. NEJM. 9 Apr 2021.
Limb ischemia and pulmonary artery thrombosis after the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford–AstraZeneca) vaccine: a case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia. CMAJ. 14 Jun 2021
Prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia after COVID-19 vaccination. Blood. 29 July 2021.
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura and acute liver injury after COVID-19 vaccine. BMJ. 30 July 2021.
Purpuric Rash and Thrombocytopenia After the mRNA-1273 (Moderna) COVID-19 Vaccine. Cureus. 25 Mar 2021.
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Jun 2021.
Vaccine induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia: The shady chapter of a success story. Metabolism Open. 18 Jun 2021.
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura associated with COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT16B2b2 mRNA vaccine. Journal of European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 2 June 2021
Exacerbation of immune thrombocytopenia following COVID-19 vaccination. British Journal of Haematology. 1 June 2021
COVID vaccines and thrombotic events: EMA issued warning to patients and healthcare professionals. J of Pharm Policy and Pract. 24 Mar 2021.
Ischaemic stroke as a presenting feature of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 25 May 2021.
Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Death following the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. Sept 2021.
A case of thrombocytopenia and multiple thromboses after vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 against SARS-CoV-2. Blood Advances. 22 June 2021.
Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination. NEJM. 3 June 2021
Mechanisms of Immunothrombosis in Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) Compared to Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Journal of Autoimmunity. 19 May 2021.
Pathogenic Mechanisms of VaccineInduced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia in People Receiving Anti-COVID-19 AdenoviralBased Vaccines: A Proposal. Frontiers in Immunology. 13 Aug 2021.
A Rare Case of Superior Ophthalmic Vein Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia Following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. 1 Mar 2021
Antibody-mediated procoagulant platelets in SARS-CoV-2-vaccination associated immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia. Haematologica. 20 May 2021
Case Report: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after COVID-19 Janssen Vaccination. American Family Physician. 30 Apr 2021.
So I have one simple question. If healthy people are contracting these conditions post-vaccination, how could a severe chronic ITP patient take one of these shots?