Symptoms of early stage purpura in children

When purpura occurs in children, there will be an incubation period. During this period, parents will not clearly find symptoms of purpura in their babies, which will delay the best time for treatment. In fact, when you find that your baby's skin is red and they always scratch their skin, you should take them to the hospital for examination to avoid bloody stools and bloody urine in the future.

Symptoms of purpura in children

Purpura in children is a disease name in traditional Chinese medicine. Also known as purpura, it is characterized by blood overflowing under the skin and mucous membranes, resulting in the appearance of petechiae and ecchymoses that do not fade when pressed. It is one of the common hemorrhagic diseases in children. It is often accompanied by nosebleeds, bleeding from the teeth, and even vomiting blood, blood in the stool, and blood in the urine. This disease belongs to the category of blood syndrome. The diseases and syndromes recorded in ancient Chinese medical books such as "grape plague", "muscle bleeding" and "spot poison" have similarities with this disease.

This disease includes allergic purpura and thrombocytopenic purpura in Western medicine. The age of onset of Henoch-Schönlein purpura is mostly 3-14 years old, especially school-age children, more common in males than in females, and more common in spring. The age of onset of thrombocytopenic purpura is mostly 2-5 years old, with no difference in the incidence between boys and girls. The mortality rate is about 1%, and the main cause of death is intracranial hemorrhage.

Purpura, also known as purple spot, is characterized by blood overflowing under the skin and mucous membranes, resulting in petechiae and ecchymoses that do not fade when pressed. It is one of the common hemorrhagic diseases in children. It is often accompanied by nosebleeds, bleeding from the teeth, and even vomiting blood, blood in the stool, and blood in the urine. This disease belongs to the category of blood syndrome. The diseases and syndromes recorded in ancient Chinese medical books such as "grape plague", "muscle bleeding" and "spot poison" have similarities with this disease.

Purpura is mainly a disease in the blood and can be divided into deficiency and excess. The external cause is the exogenous wind-heat evil, which brings dampness, heat and poison into the blood on the skin surface, forcing the blood to flow abnormally and overflow into the skin pores, mainly manifesting as a positive symptom. The internal cause is insufficient qi and blood in the heart and spleen, deficiency of kidney yin, ascending of virtual fire, and failure of blood to return to the meridians, with deficiency syndrome being the main symptom.

Because children's yin and yang are immature, their qi and blood are not sufficient, and their defenses against external diseases are not strong, they are affected by external pathogens of the season, and the six qi are all transformed into fire and accumulated between their skin, fur and muscles. The evil wind-heat fights against the qi and blood, the heat damages the blood vessels, forces the blood to flow abnormally, overflows from the vessels, seeps under the skin, and causes purpura. If the evil is severe, it can also damage the yin meridians, causing blood in the stool, blood in the urine, etc. If blood heat runs rampant and stagnates in the intestinal tract, it can cause severe abdominal pain. If dampness is retained in the joints, local swelling and pain will occur, and flexion and extension will be difficult.