Purpura is allergic inflammation of capillary-based allergic diseases. Purpura is mainly skin, gastrointestinal symptoms, joint swelling and pain and urinary symptoms. More common in children over the age of 5.
[Causes]
Cause is not clear, perhaps because some caused by allergic sensitization due to the original, but direct allergen is not clear. Often before the onset of hemolytic streptococcus caused by the upper respiratory tract infection, the incubation period of one to three weeks after the onset.
In addition, viruses such as measles, mumps, and parasites such as roundworm, hookworm, food such as eggs, fish, shrimp, drugs such as chloramphenicol, salicylic acid salts, such as other Chongyao, pollen, are likely to become Allergen; occurred in the autoimmune response, resulting in capillary inflammatory changes.
[Pathology:
Basic diseases for the capillary wall of the inflammatory response, increased permeability of the capillaries, blood cells and plasma leakage, caused edema and bleeding. Small arteries and veins can also suffer, the small blood vessels around the neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, may have eosinophil infiltration and the different levels of red blood cells exudation, the peripheral vascular involvement can have nuclear weapons And residual swelling of connective tissue, small blood vessels of endometrial hyperplasia, and a transparent degeneration and necrosis, so that narrows blood vessels cavity, or even infarction, and that small necrotizing arteritis. Skin and gastrointestinal tract are visible above changes, intra-articular serous and interleukin leakage, but no bleeding, ureter, urethra and bladder mucosa can have bleeding, and often involving the kidney, Purpura nephritis severity of the pathological changes ranging from . Light, for the focal nephritis, compared Most of those for re-proliferation nephritis with crescent change, immunofluorescence checks can be found in glomerular C3 and IgG, but also to see fibrinogen deposition in vascular Of the film also found that IgA.
[Clinical]
More acute onset, in addition to fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms in general, the main performance skin purpura, gastrointestinal symptoms, joint swelling and pain and urinary symptoms. Onset of different cases from time to the same situation, to see the most skin purpura, may appear separately or simultaneously or one after another with joints, gastrointestinal or urinary tract symptoms.
First, the skin purpura often at the onset of the first performance, Purpura size, higher than the skin surface, a purple, the pressure does not fade, and can be integrated into films, or a herpes-like, urticaria kind or shape Erythema, and with nerve edema.
Even when serious ulcers and necrosis can occur. Purpura more common in the limbs stretch side and hip, leg and ankle, knee and other joints, more significantly, there was symmetry in batches and easy to repeated attack.
Second, many children have gastrointestinal symptoms of abdominal pain, paroxysmal keen for more of colic, or Duntong to Qizhou or significantly lower abdomen, tenderness, but no abdominal tension. May be associated with the severity ranging from diarrhea and blood in the stool, stool or a tar-like bright red. Can have severe vomiting, but hematemesis rare. Such as abdominal pain, blood in the stool before seen in the skin purpura, with the identification of acute abdomen. The disease can intestine mucosal hemorrhage and edema, leading to intestinal disorders, or even induced intestinal sets again and again.
Third, some children with symptoms of joint swelling and pain of the festival, many involving large joints, such as the knee, ankle, wrist, elbow, small joints do not suffer. Can be single, multiple or were migratory. Joint swelling, pain, pain when aggravated, accompanied local micro-hot, hot flu-have. Joint symptoms dissipated after no after-effects.
4, urinary symptoms due to urinary tract mucosa capillary permeability increase, there hematuria and microalbuminuria, with the retirement Purpura disappeared. But the children with Purpura in about 1 / 3 to 1 / 2 kidney involvement, said Purpura nephritis. Pathological changes in the kidney is determined by the prognosis. Urine acute phase of the change more than two to three weeks there, but also in Purpura dissipated in the rear.
Most children showed a small amount of protein in urine and a red blood cell under a microscope, and sometimes see a tube, there can be gross hematuria. Generally good prognosis, even with the radical nephritis, for the development of acute renal failure, poor prognosis. Part of a large number of children with proteinuria, hematuria, edema, hypertension, hypoproteinemia and hypercholesterolemia, such as nephrotic syndrome.
Hematuria, proteinuria sustainable few months or few years, most of the last still fully recovered. A very small number of children with different degrees of renal damage after a chronic nephritis, the final development of chronic renal failure.
5, occasionally other symptoms of cerebral hemorrhage, there may be convulsions, temporary paralysis, aphasia, severe cases can cause death. Others such as nosebleeds, bleeding gums, muscle hemorrhage, bleeding or swollen testicle pulmonary hemosiderosis, are extremely rare.
[Diagnosis]
According to the typical skin purpura, or with nerves and blood vessels and edema, urticaria, and other performance easy diagnosis, with joint swelling and pain, abdominal pain, blood in the stool, laboratory platelets, bleeding, clotting time, and so normal, can be confirmed. Should be asked in detail about history, as far as possible to find allergenic factors.
[Diagnosis]
First, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Purpura under the skin form of not higher than the skin, and the asymmetric distribution of platelet count reduction, it is not difficult to identify. Allergic Purpura rash associated with vessels and nerves such as edema, or urticaria shape more easily distinguish between erythematosus.
Second, sepsis meningococcal septicemia caused by rash and Purpura similar, but the weight of poisoning symptoms, WBC increased significantly, the punctured skin rash smear positive for the bacteria found.
Third, the two are related to rheumatoid arthritis and low heat of swelling and pain, Purpura appear before the more difficult to identify, with the development of disease, skin purpura, help identification.
4, intestinal sets again and again more common in infants and young children. Such as children again and Kujiao, abdominal reach mass, abdominal tension should be suspected of the disease. Barium enema perspective can be identified. However, allergic purpura with intestinal both sets again and again, it should be cause for concern.
5, appendicitis can be both a Qizhou right lower abdominal pain and tenderness associated with. But not allergic purpura abdominal tension, skin purpura, to be identified.
[Treatment]
No special effects therapy, the acute phase should be bed rest, looking for allergens, the suspected food or drug, should not the time being, or of suspicious food, in close observation, from the beginning of application, gradually increase.
First, Chinese medicine treatment of the disease in Chinese medicine in the areas belonging to the spot for the evil of injuries caused by blood, and the plaque-like syndrome, while Qingrejiedu governance, mainly Liangxue Huayu. Huang Jiawei horns commonly used in soup: 1 g horns, Yinhua 15 grams, Forsythia, Shikonin, various Paeonol 10 grams, 6 grams Salvia, situ, Rhizoma Imperatae of 15 grams, 30 grams Chi Xiaodou.
Purpura heavy and deep colors are hot for the drug increases the performance of Super Zixue Dan Chongfu 0.5 to 0.75 grams per day 1-2 times. Yan Hu abdominal pain and weight 15 grams, 6 grams myrrh. Blood in the stool and Garden Burnet carbon, the carbon Wumei 10 grams, 1.5 grams or powder Chongfu March 7.
Such as the amount of bleeding children, and not just deferred, looking pale and flustered, shortness of breath Dengzheng, are two losses of qi and blood, spleen not perturbation of blood, while Ziyin Jianpi governance, blood-based Air perturbation. Common to the spleen Decoction j dangshen 15 grams, white tricks, longan meat, 10 grams of Angelica, 15 grams Shude, Ejiao, 10 grams of carbon Garden Burnet, jujube 5. Qi and 15 grams of astragalus, blood deficiency and TGP, Huang Jing of 10 grams, or reuse Shude.
Second, the adrenal hormone therapy adrenal cortex hormones on the part of children with effective, may improve symptoms of abdominal pain and joint symptoms associated with blood in the stool to good effect, but can not prevent recurrence, the effect of nephritis are often poor, simple skin Purpura can not . Regular use of prednisone 1 to 2 mg / kg / day, the oral administration, ease the symptoms gradually after the withdrawal to the reduction, treatment is generally one to two weeks. Abdominal pain or blood in the stool serious brain hemorrhage, de-hydride can be 150 to 300 mg / day (5 to 10 mg / kg / day), or dexamethasone 15 to 30 milligrams (1 to 2.5 mg / kg / day) vein Drip, kidney involvement with nephrotic syndrome, according to nephrotic syndrome treatment.
Third, symptomatic therapy
(A) joint swelling and pain are available aspirin.
(B) of abdominal pain, can be used tranquilizers, such as Rumi that, while there had abdominal observation sets the signs again and again.
(C) of gastrointestinal bleeding, less time to time, restricted diet, fasting in a long time, can also be used procaine (allergy test should be negative, the optional) in a vein closed, with 8 to 15 mg / kg / day 10% glucose infusion of 200 ml, on the 10th of July to a course of treatment.
(D) infection, especially Streptococcus infection, penicillin and other antibiotics available infection control.
(E) intestinal parasites, have to wait until after the cessation of gastrointestinal bleeding insecticide.
(6) lesions, such as dental caries, sinusitis and tonsillitis, and so should be thoroughly treated.
(7) may generally be added vitamin C, P, or calcium, and so on.
(8) The amount of bleeding, anemia may cause blood transfusion.