Jamie Baker, a young man in the prime of his life and pursuing a career in professional tennis, has suffered a serious illness. Baker came down with ITP or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Patients with the bleeding disorder, also known as immune thrombocytopenic purpura, have an unusually low number of blood platelets and have difficulty with their blood clotting.
Baker won two Futures tennis tournament this year but, for now, his career is on hold.
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Resources:
The Mayo Clinic on Jamie Baker's Illness
British Newspaper on Jamie Baker's Illness
1 comments:
I saw Baker play the qualies at the U.S. Open last year and thought he had a good game. That's a shame. Hope he somehow recovers.
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