Patient's question:
I am from Yangzhou. My niece is 7 years old and was diagnosed with allergic purpura two weeks ago. The Maternal and Child Health Hospital prescribed some anti-allergic medication and vitamin C tablets. So far, she has only had routine tests twice. This treatment really makes us uneasy. What should we do next?Doctor's answer:
Childhood purpura is one of the most common bleeding disorders in pediatrics. It is characterized by purple spots or bruises on the skin that do not fade. It is often accompanied by bleeding from the nose, gums, joints, and internal organs. This condition falls under the categories of "spotted poison" and "blood disorder" in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). TCM believes that this condition is often caused by a weak constitution in children, weakness of the viscera, or factors such as wind-heat pathogenic toxicity, pulse fire, internal dampness fire, injury to the stomach meridian, insufficient kidney yin, excessive deficiency fire, weakness of the spleen and stomach, or weakness of the spleen and stomach. All of these factors can lead to irregular blood flow and cause it to overflow from the pulse.