A 35-year-old white man with no prior illness presented with a 10-day history of colicky abdominal pain worsened with meals, and back pain. This was followed in 3 days by an asymptomatic purpuric ...

University of California at San Diego, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, La Jolla, California. Henoch-Schonlein purpura is a systemic small-vessel vasculitis that typically affects ...

A five-year-old boy presents with a three day history of rash on his legs and a painful right ankle joint for the last 24 hours. The boy’s mother reports that the rash first appeared over both feet ...

Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is an autoimmune disorder that is due to the production of autoantibodies against some of the body’s own antigens. It occurs most commonly in children between the ages ...

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham has reflected on her daughter's "horrific" health scare, explaining she couldn't talk about it "for a very long time". The British actor, 48, was left terrified five ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: My husband is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs more than 285 pounds. He has been on many supervised diets. He loses a few pounds, but always gains them back and then some. He has ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --Tampa Bay Buccaneersquarterback Tom Brady hosted 9-year-old George Cogdill, who is battling an autoimmune condition called Henoch-Schonlein purpura, and his family on Sunday as the ...

Is there any new information available regarding the treatment of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)? —Norma L. Sneed, MD, Checotah, Okla. HSP is a form of systemic small-vessel vasculitis characterized ...