What Is Henoch Schonlein Purpura?
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You noticed a small purplish-red spot on your leg yesterday, and today you have a collection of spots where the one was before. At first, you wondered if they are bug bites, but they don’t itch or hurt at all.
Later, you start feeling unwell with stomach symptoms and you remember that you had a cold the week before. A week later, the spots remain and you are dealing with vague symptoms that you suspect are connected. It may be time to contact your doctor to see if you have Henoch-Schonlein purpura: the name for those pesky spots that won’t go away, as well as their associated stomach and, in some cases, kidney symptoms.
