Purpura, also known as purple spot, is one of the common hemorrhagic diseases in children, which is characterized by bleeding under the skin and mucous membrane, petechiae and ecchymosis, and it does not fade after pressing. Often accompanied by nosebleed, toothache, and even hematemesis, bloody stool, hematuria. This disease belongs to the category of blood syndrome, and the symptoms recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books, such as "grape plague", "muscle spasm" and "poisoning", are similar to this disease. This disease includes allergic purpura and thrombocytopenic purpura in western medicine. The onset age of henoch-schonlein purpura is mostly 3- 14 years old, especially for school-age children, with more males than females, and more cases in spring. The onset age of thrombocytopenic purpura is mostly 2-5 years old, and there is no difference between men and women. The mortality rate is about 1%, and the main cause of death is intracranial hemorrhage.
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1. In acute phase or massive bleeding, stay in bed, limit children's activities and eliminate their fears and nervousness.
2. Avoid bumping the servant to avoid bleeding.
3. When the platelet count is lower than 9 times /L of 20x 10, we should closely observe the changes of the disease to prevent all kinds of trauma and intracranial hemorrhage.