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HSP is seen at any time of the year but can be more commonly seen in winter months.
I had been worried about the appearance of my son's legs a few days beforehand (he had petechiae) and had taken him to the GP. GP thought it was viral and prescribed acqueos cream (which did nothing) but HSP was not mentioned; I do not think HSP would have recognised it readily anyway even if the spotting had been seen. He was well in himself other than this.
It was actually diagnosed by a great paediatric consultant whilst we were on the first day of our holiday in Florida. She took one look at his legs and knew immediately what it was. Further blood and urine tests were done and indeed confirmed HSP.
Weirdly enough we met another family outside the hospital whose DD was in a wheelchair due to the pains in her legs caused by HSP; she had also been taken about an hour after my DS was. They were at the hospital we were at because the previous hospital had given them the runaround.
Ds had a cold a couple of weeks beforehand but the overall causes of HSP remains a mystery.
A year on, you would never know that he had HSP to begin with and I was advisedby this cons it is unlikely to recur.
He also had pains in his knees and legs because HSP does cause arthritic type pains to arise. It took about a week for these to subside a bit along with the spotted appearance of his skin (his skin from the knees down to his toes including them were covered in spots like those of a leopard) and probably 2 -3 for it to completely disappear.
He was prescribed tablets for his kidneys on admission as HSP can also cause kidney problems to arise. No other treatment was prescribed and he had to take these twice daily for a week.