What Is Henoch-Schönlein Purpura? Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a disease that inflames small blood vessels. The inflammation causes blood vessels in the skin, intestines, kidneys ...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a disease that causes small blood vessels to become inflamed and leak blood. It gets its name from two German doctors, Johann Schönlein and Eduard Henoch ...

Kidney damage is the most common and most serious long-term complication. Although death from HSP is rare, kidney disease is the leading cause. Some studies have shown an increased number of cases ...

Nine-year-old Sam Leask was rushed to hospital with swollen joints and red marks on his legs and was diagnosed with the auto-immune disease Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP). Soon after his kidneys ...

In work reported this week, researchers have taken our understanding of HSP to a new level with the development of an animal model for the disease. The findings suggest that, in many cases ...

Some allergic inflammation–associated mediators have been reported in acute stage of Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP). However, the association of children with allergic diseases and their ...

HSP is a group of nervous system disorders that cause weakness and stiffness — or spasticity —of the legs that get worse over time. This group of diseases is also known as familial spastic ...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) resolves spontaneously within about 6-8 weeks. In about 40% of cases the kidney shows signs of chronic damage, which may lead to end-stage renal disease requiring ...

It was previously known as Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) disease. The high IgAV-linked morbidity rates during the winter and autumn months point to a connection between infectious factors ...

HSP can affect any organ system though the skin ... long-term hypertension with less than 1% developing end-stage renal disease. The vast majority (greater than 75%) will have a single episode ...

HSP is a form of systemic small-vessel vasculitis ... therapy are beneficial in very rare life-threatening forms of the disease and, in some cases, when renal function is compromised.

Nephritis is observed in about 30% of children with HSP. Renal damage eventually leads to chronic kidney disease in up to 20% of children with HSP nephritis in tertiary care centres, but in less ...