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IgA vasculitis (HSP), previously known as Henoch–Schönlein purpura, is a disease of the skin, mucous membranes, and sometimes other organs that most commonly affects children. In the skin, the disease causes palpable purpura (small, raised areas of bleeding underneath the skin), often with joint pain and abdominal pain .
Immunoglobulin A (IgA) vasculitis, formerly referred to as Henoch–Schönlein purpura, is a type of immune complex vasculitis that primarily affects IgA deposits in small vessels. Acute enteritis, glomerulonephritis, arthralgias and/or arthritis, and cutaneous purpura are the most common clinical manifestations. Children are more likely than ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
Others also experience a condition called nonallergic rhinitis, a condition that causes allergy-like symptoms — stuffy, runny nose, for instance — that aren't related to allergies.
The condition, which occurs due to a portion of the skull being misshapen or too small, can cause symptoms like headaches, dizziness and vertigo, weak muscles, difficulty with balance or ...
Acute hemorrhagic oedema of infancy, acute hemorrhagic edema of childhood, Finkelstein's disease, infantile postinfectious iris-like purpura and edema, medallion-like purpura, purpura en cocarde avec œdème and Seidlmayer syndrome. Purpura is one of the main characteristics of Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy. Specialty: Dermatology: Symptoms