Interveiw with Dr. Govinderaj

Conducted by team member Aminah Ali

1. Q. Is there a cure for purpura? If there is what are the cures?
A. Yes the cure depends on the cause. If all areas of mention the cure is depended on the cause. If it is due to scarvia then the cure is Vitamin C. If it is due to weakness of the catapillarie walls well then the cure would be antibiotics. If it is due to senile purpura there is no cure just yet.

2. Q. What has made you so interested in purpura?
A. Purpura is an important part of medicine. Any doctor would have to be
interested in it .

3. Q. What procedures did and still do you use to learn more about purpura?
A. The procedures that I use vary. I mostly examine my patients carefully and study the bleeding time.

4. Q. What do you think the government should do about purpura?
A. The government should make sure that all kids are given adequent nutrition especially Vitamin C. They should tell the pharmaceutical businesses to avoid selling medicine that can produce allergic purpura or they could get fined.

5. Q. What is the medical definition of purpura.
A. Purpura by definition is spontaneous bleeding

6. Q. How does purpura affect everyday life?
A. You would frequently have fevers, joint pains, drowsyness and of course bleeding.

7. Q. On what parts of the body can you get purpura?
A. You can get purpura on the eyeballs, chest, abdomins, legs, toes, hands, and on your fingers.

8. Q. What are the symptoms of purpura?
A. The symptoms are mostly nose bleeds, red patches and fevers.

9. Q. What are the many causes of purpura?
A. The many causes of purpura are deficiency of Vitamin C.,old age and low platelet count

10. Q. What are the stages of purpura?
A. The stages of purpura vary for the reasons. The most common stages are when the dots change color. The different colors that they change to are red, blue, green, and finally yellow.

11. Q. How long can you be diagnosed with purpura? Can the time vary?
A. The least time you can be diagnosed with purpura is a couple of days but the most time is two months.So yes the time is can vary.

12. Q. What are the different types of Purpura called? Which is more dangerous? Why?
A. The types of purpura are called Henoch-Schönlein Purpura, Adult Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura,Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura,Progressive pigmentary Purpura,Allergic Purpura,Thrombotic thrombocytopenic Purpura,Schoenlein-Henoch Purpura,Anaphylactoid Purpura,Vascular Purpura and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. I would have to say that Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura is the most dangerous type because it could lead to bleeding in the internal organs like the brain.