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Typical purpura on lower leg More severe case of HSP on child's foot, leg, and arm. Purpura, arthritis, and abdominal pain are known as the "classic triad" of Henoch–Schönlein purpura. [5] Purpura occur in all cases, joint pains and arthritis in 80%, and abdominal pain in 62%.
In cases where a cause can be determined, medications and infectious pathogens are most common in adults, while IgA vasculitis (Henoch–Schönlein purpura) frequently affects children. [6] Other etiologies include autoimmune conditions and malignancies, usually hematologic (related to the blood). [5] [6]
AHEI's appearance is frequently similar to that of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Because AHEI is a self-limiting disease, conservative treatment is common. [2] Snow described acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy in the United States in 1913.
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (abdominal and joint pain associated with a purple rash that looks like bruises, often on the legs and buttocks) ... Children and students should receive two doses, while ...
Cryofibrinogenemia refers to a condition classified as a fibrinogen disorder in which a person's blood plasma is allowed to cool substantially (i.e. from its normal temperature of 37 °C to the near-freezing temperature of 4 °C), causing the (reversible) precipitation of a complex containing fibrinogen, fibrin, fibronectin, and, occasionally, small amounts of fibrin split products, albumin ...
287 Purpura and other hemorrhagic conditions. 287.0 Allergic purpura Henoch–Schönlein purpura; 287.3 Thrombocytopenia, primary 287.31 Immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; 287.4 Thrombocytopenia, secondary; 287.9 Hemorrhagic conditions, unspec.
Marburg is a rare but “severe hemorrhagic fever that can cause serious illness and death,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says, adding that there is no treatment or vaccine for it.
Nonthrombocytopenic purpura is a type of purpura (red or purple skin discoloration) not associated with thrombocytopenia. [1] Nonthrombocytopenic purpura has been reported after smoking mentholated cigarettes. [2] Examples/causes include: Henoch–Schönlein purpura [3] Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia [4] Congenital cytomegalovirus [1 ...