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Henoch Schonlein Purpura

How is it treated?

Surgery may be necessary to correct acute intussusception. Kidney involvement causes blood (haematuria) and protein (proteinuria) in the urine. Whilst kidney involvement is common, occurring in up to sixty per cent of sufferers, serious kidney damage is very uncommon. Haematuria may persist for months if regular urine testing is performed. Recurrent HSP may recur in association with subsequent infections. However, the prognosis for full recovery is excellent. 

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Medical text written October 1996 by Dr A P Windrow Consultant Paediatrician, Kingston Hospital, Kingston upon Thames, UK. Last updated September 2006 by Dr Graham Smith, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Children's Kidney Centre, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, UK.

 

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