My 17.5 yo son had Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP), developed severe joint pain, so bad he can hardly walk?

My 17.5 yo son had Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) 3.5 years ago. 2 weeks ago he had a cold and immediately afterwards developed severe joint pain, so bad he can hardly walk & occasionally abdominal pain & nausea. no rash.
Is it possible that this is a recurrence of hsp without the rash? How can we check out what’s going on?
Blood test seems normal, no blood in urine. protein in urine is 10 mg/dl.
Will appreciate your advice. Thanks a lot.





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Ayman Darrag
7:54 am

Hi and welcome to questiondoctors.com
Since rash is a main characteristic sign and it is not present then i think it is not ..
But it looks like a gastroenteritis …
Get a stool test and keep him dehydrated as possible..
In this case metronidazole 500 is helpful ..

Ahmed Fawzy
9:45 am

It hardly accure without rash
Check the possibility that your son was misdiagnosed
Remember the is no test for HSP

Nouran Maamdouh
12:19 pm

This is different .
I think he should do an EsR,stool analysis test to check for other problem different from the old one.
Is there a history of tonsillitis ? Loose stools ?