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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 .
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (small blood vessel inflammation) Priapism commonly occurs in men with sickle cell disease, and the risk increases with age.
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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]