Patient's question:
My son has developed many things on his body that are similar to eczema. When I went to the hospital for a thorough examination, the doctor said it was vasculitis. I want to know why my son, who is so young, would get this disease?Doctor's answer:
Children can get vasculitis, which is an inflammatory response in blood vessel tissue caused by irritation or infection. The main symptoms are bleeding, redness, swelling, heat, and pain along the blood vessels. The causes of vasculitis are complex, and there is no clear consensus. Currently, the more certain causes include serum sickness, drug reactions, and infections. Hepatitis B virus has been confirmed as a cause of various types of vasculitis. In clinical diagnosis, vasculitis can mainly be divided into primary and secondary types. When children get vasculitis, it is generally based on primary vasculitis.