AFJPS African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2789-5092 SvedbergOpen afjps-2-1-001 10.51483/AFJPS. 2.1.2022.1-3 Case Report Henoch-Schonlein Purpura with TCM Trials – A Case Report ZhuGeorge 1 * 1University Hospital Leiden, Netherlands. E-mail: zhu13574916119@163.com *Corresponding author: George Zhu, University Hospital Leiden, Netherlands. E-mail: zhu13574916119@163.com 03 2022 2 1 1 3 Abstract

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP), also known as “anaphylactoid purpura”, is a systemic vasculitis of unknown cause, primarily affecting children, in which circulating immune complexes of IgA and C3 are deposited on arteioles, capillaries and venules. It is characterized by nonthrombocytopenic purpuric rash, abdominal pain, arthralgia and renal involvement. Here, this report presented a 13-year old children hospitalized for his recurrent HSP, his history of clinical course and treatment outcome.

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