Journal of Pediatric Care

An update on Henoch-Schonlein Purpura in children

Joint Event on 18^th International Conference on Pediatrics Health & 2^nd Edition of International Conference on Adolescent Health & Medicine
August 06-07, 2018 Madrid, Spain

Omer A Ahmed

American Hospital Dubai, UAE

ScientificTracks Abstracts: J Pediatr Care

DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C3-011

Abstract

HSP (Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis- IgAV) is the most common form of systemic vasculitis in children. Although in the great majority of cases HSP is self-limited, the symptoms and signs it bears are very scary for parents and families. The lecture would start by presenting general classification/Incidence of Vasculitis in children to be followed by the clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis of HSP. General careful evaluation of Purpuras in children is extremely important for early diagnosis and treatment. The Differential diagnoses are presented. Complications of HSP are outlined in the lecture. HSP management outline guidance including renal involvement are briefly presented including some controversies along this line.

Biography

Omer Ahmed has joined The American Hospital, Dubai (in 2009), after 15 years as a Consultant Paediatrician in UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health UK. His Paediatrics training was in Sabah Hospital- Kuwait, Alder Hay Hospital- Liverpool, Great Ormond Street and The Royal Free Hospital in London before taking a Consultant post in Stevenage, Hertfordshire UK. Earlier in his career, Dr Ahmed has worked in Sudan, Libya and Kuwait. His experience covers wide areas in Child Health as a General Paediatrician. Dr Ahmed has several publications and presented/attended in several Paediatrics meetings and conferences.

E-mail: omerabbas76@aol.com