Childhood ITP is characteristically acute and often resolves spontaneously in few months and remission is generally permanent. Opinions about the need for treatment and the choice of drugs to be given remain divided amongst haematologists. However, most paediatricians and haematologists would give treatment with IVIg and/or glucocortcoids at such low platelet values. Followup is recommended for some interval in most cases. Need for another course or alternative therapy depends upon individual getting another episode or the patient having chronic ITP or some other cause of thrombocytopenia.