Purpura 40 cases.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Purpura 40 cases [Keywords:] Henoch-Schonlein purpura; children; etiology; diagnosis and treatment Acute allergic purpura is a disease as the main capillary inflammation in allergic diseases, the most commonly involving the skin, followed by the joints, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. More acute onset of symptoms varied, there is an increasing trend in recent years, high incidence [1]. now clad staff hospital since the third from July 2002 to July 2007 were treated 40 cases of allergic purpura case analysis as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General information on children in the 40 cases, 22 males and 18 females, the youngest 4 years old, maximum 12 years, an average of 7 years. Anaphylactoid purpura history of respiratory tract infection before the onset of 78%, while the incidence of respiratory tract infection 14%, 8% of unknown causes, the disease is a good age to learn the clinical classification of 40 cases of 1.2 HSP patients, male to female ratio of 1.2:1. skin purpura 24 cases, 60%; abdomen in 8 cases 20%; joints in 7 cases, accounting for 17.5%; nephritis in 1 case, accounting for 2.5%. 1.3 Treatment (1) cause of treatment: interrupt the contact with the allergen; (2) infection control; (3) anti-allergy treatment; (4) to improve vascular fragility; (5) of the adrenal cortex hormone therapy; (6) symptomatic treatment. 2 Results 40 cases treated, 38 cases were completely cured; one case of recurrent skin purpura, with the decoction of Chinese medicine treatment, followed up for 6 months to cure; one case of nephritis, purpuric switch to a higher level hospital for treatment, there are still followed up 1 year after endoscopic hematuria. 3 Discussion Henoch-Schonlein purpura, also known as Shu - Hang syndrome, is a relatively common bleeding disorder allergic capillaries [1]. Anaphylactoid purpura exact etiology and pathogenesis has not yet fully clear, but many data suggest that the disease is