Pediatric allergic purpura is quite common in pediatric clinical practice, but some parents may not have a good understanding of this disease, and may not even have heard of it. However, as a common disease in children, parents and friends also need to have some knowledge about this disease. So, is allergic purpura severe in children?
1. Allergic purpura in children is most common in school-age children, and is less common in children under one year old. However, there are also infants as young as three months old who develop allergic purpura. This disease occurs less frequently in summer and more frequently in winter and spring. The onset of the disease in children can be acute or mild, and the severity of the condition varies.
2. Children with mild allergic purpura have a good prognosis, but those with severe conditions can cause various complications, such as concurrent nephritis. Especially severe allergic purpura in children can be accompanied by hypertensive encephalopathy and chronic renal failure, and can involve multiple systems, such as pulmonary hemorrhage and laryngeal edema in the respiratory system. Involving the cardiovascular system can cause serious complications such as myocarditis and heart failure.
3. Therefore, early detection and treatment are necessary for this disease. There is currently no specific treatment for this disease, and symptomatic supportive treatment is mainly given based on the severity of the child's condition, with comprehensive treatment being the main approach. If parents notice symptoms such as fatigue, low-grade fever, headache, pink papules, small red dots, and small urticaria on their children's skin, they must seek medical attention and examination in a timely manner.
