What causes HSP to flare up?

Nearly half the people who have Henoch-Schonlein purpura developed it after an upper respiratory infection, such as a cold. Other triggers include chickenpox, strep throat, measles, hepatitis, certain medications, food, insect bites and exposure to cold weather.

What causes HSP relapse?

In conclusion, joint and gastrointestinal manifestations at the time of diagnosis of HSP are predictors of relapses.

Is HSP a lifelong disease?

The inflamed blood vessels can leak blood cells into the skin, mucous membranes, or internal organs, causing a rash called purpura. Most children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) fully recover within a few weeks with no long-term problems.

Does HSP rash come and go?

It usually appears on the legs and buttocks. You might also see it in other areas, such as the face and stomach. This rash usually goes away in about a week, but sometimes it can last as long as one month.

When should I be concerned about HSP?

When to see a doctor. If you think your child has HSP, take them to see your GP. Take your child back to the GP if they have HSP and they have increasing pain or swelling, blood in their stools or urine, or if you are worried at all.

The Highly Sensitive Person and Childhood Trauma

How do you calm down as an HSP?

Is HSP caused by trauma?

Trauma affects highly sensitive and intense people more intensely. Like any other of your reactions to stimuli, as a highly sensitive person (HSP) your trauma reactions are also more intense than most. As a result, many HSPs have used trauma splitting, or structural dissociation, as a way to cope.

What can be mistaken for HSP?

HSP can be mimicked by other forms of systemic vasculitis that are more often life-threatening. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis can also present with purpura, arthritis, and renal inflammation.

Can COVID vaccine trigger HSP?

HSP has previously been reported following immunization with various vaccines, mostly within 12 weeks post vaccination [3]. The aim of this report is to highlight a possible association between COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer‐BioNTech BNT16B2b2 mRNA vaccine) and first onset of HSP in a previously well adult.

Does HSP get worse before it gets better?

Most people with HSP get better over time without treatment and have no long-term problems. About 5 in 100 children with HSP develop long-term kidney disease (called glomerulonephritis). This may happen in the first week or so of the illness, but there may be a delay of weeks or months before it happens.

Does HSP get worse with age?

Stress & Sensitivity Can Worsen With Age for HSPs. Here's How to Prevent That. If you are a highly sensitive person (HSP) you might be growing larger stress centers in your brain without even knowing it, and if you don't do anything about it, they will become even bigger.

What drugs cause HSP?

Propylthiouracil is the most common drug-causing vasculitis. Other drugs implicated are vancomycin, minocycline, adalimumab, rituximab, and clozapine.

Is HSP a serious illness?

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) affects the blood vessels and causes a spotty rash. It's not usually serious, but can sometimes lead to kidney problems.

How often does HSP recur?

In most patients, HSP has an excellent prognosis with spontaneous resolution of symptoms. Relapses occur in about one third of patients, after an interval of 4 months to 1 year from the initial presentation (18).

Is HSP linked to leukemia?

HSPs were shown highly expressed by acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells as well as by acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells.

Can HSP affect the brain?

Inflammatory changes associated with HSP can also develop in the joints, kidneys, digestive system, and, in rare cases, the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). In one form of the disorder, termed Schönlein's purpura, the skin and joints are affected but the gastrointestinal tract is not.

Is HSP an auto immune Disease?

HSP is an autoimmune disease that is often triggered by an upper respiratory infection. Symptoms include a rash caused by bleeding under the skin, arthritis, belly pain, and kidney disease. Most children recover fully. But some children may have kidney problems.

Is HSP a form of vasculitis?

Henoch-Schonlein purpura (also known as IgA vasculitis) is a disorder that causes the small blood vessels in your skin, joints, intestines and kidneys to become inflamed and bleed. The most striking feature of this form of vasculitis is a purplish rash, typically on the lower legs and buttocks.

How long does HSP abdominal pain last?

The symptoms usually last for about four to six weeks. If the blood vessels in the bowel and the kidneys get inflamed, HSP can make you bleed when you have a bowel movement or when you urinate.

Do HSP have anger issues?

Due to traits of their personality, heightened empathy or childhood conditioning, many highly sensitive people have repressed anger, and do not know how to deal with their emotions healthily.

What are the telltale signs of a highly sensitive person?

Is HSP personality genetic?

Although high sensitivity is genetic, there's not just a single gene that causes it. In fact, scientists have increasingly found that personality traits are based on a whole collection of genes, not just one or two. That's true of traits as different as introversion and intelligence.

How do HSP handle emotions?

How do you deal with overwhelm HSP?

Remind yourself of the good qualities that accompany being an HSP—such as sensitivity, feeling deeply, being empathic, understanding others, and being sensitive to art. Get enough rest so you can recharge effectively after being particularly overstimulated.

How does HSP deal with overstimulation?