Henoch Schonlein Purpura

[rarll]

My daughter is currently suffering from Henoch Schonlein Purpura. This is caused by the immune sysytem not fighting a viral infection properly. just wondering if any one is familliar with it? 

[calleach]

usually resolves on its own.sometimes recurs to a lessr degree.Great rash! Looks a lot like meningitis rash but happily much less serious.Docs usually will monitor progress with urine tests .

[Dom Tuk]

My 2 sons have HSP and i have read a lot about it as i have a pharmacological background and understand it. It is a condition that occurs mainly in the winter (no one knows why) after a viral infection. the symptoms for my first son was...rash and stomach ache after a cold. The doctors thought nothing of it and the rash stayed for a week and then one day i saw that his testical had swollen to the size of a large orange and was very red. He was immediately taken to the hospital where the doctor diagnosed it as a HSP and the testicle symptom was a rare one. Long ago when they did not know much about the condition children had to undergo painful invasive biopsies of the testicle. But now the treatment is just paracetomol. After 3 days in hospital his legs swelled and he could hardly walk due to fluid in the knee joints. His urine was tested regularly to see if the kidneys were affected but no other treatment. In the end he was sent home after 5 days and he recovered. An offshoot of the condition is that he hardly ever has any illnesses due to the overactive immune system and the problem is that it is so overactive that at times it attacks its own cells and hence the red spots which is bleeding in the capillaries. He is otherwise Ok. The prognosis is good and after teenage years the condition is not seen. he had an attack this november after a rare cold and he had stomach cramps as the inner lining of the stomach is sometimes damaged by the overactive immune system.

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[big mama]

my 5 year old son as HSP but he has blood and protein in his water is this normal ? If not what does this mean my doctor doesnt seem to much about it