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What Is The Cause And Treatment For Urticarial Vasculitis?
my 12 yr old daughter has been sick since Feb. 22, to doctors, swollen hands , feet,, rash all over that comes and goes, Tuesday 4/5/11, sore throat, tonsils huge with white looking pocket on one of them. I took her to the ER last nite, they swobbed throat, said it wasn t streap, we just left. Very furstrated, previously, one of her blood works, said she , has had a , recent or current infection of mono, this was discovered in an EBV test. Please tell me , what I should ask the doctors to check for. Her tonsils and still the same ! Feb 22/ 2011 , she also had a welp swollen rash all over the legs and arms, and face. would come and go, doctor did byopsy, it came back utcariial vasulitis. I am just lost, my daughter need answers. Thank you for ANY advise or suggestions. Diana P..
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Hello,
What your daughter is having is an Epstein-Barr virus infection or infectious mononucleosis. This is a self-limiting chronic viral infection but ultimately she will develop resistance to it.
Regarding the urticarial Rash usually, it will come and go and you need not worry about this as this is an allergic phenomenon and most probably and related to the infectious mononucleosis, please.
Round the clock antihistamine for a period of seven days will be helpful. But if this is recurrent phenomena then hereditary angioedema needs to be considered.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Sumanth Amperayani, Pediatrician, Pulmonology
What your daughter is having is an Epstein-Barr virus infection or infectious mononucleosis. This is a self-limiting chronic viral infection but ultimately she will develop resistance to it.
Regarding the urticarial Rash usually, it will come and go and you need not worry about this as this is an allergic phenomenon and most probably and related to the infectious mononucleosis, please.
Round the clock antihistamine for a period of seven days will be helpful. But if this is recurrent phenomena then hereditary angioedema needs to be considered.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Sumanth Amperayani, Pediatrician, Pulmonology
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