Max caught a typical cold-runny nose and cough. He had it for over a week, nothing too unusual. Then one morning he had red dots on his ankles. The next morning he woke up with more dots but on his hands plus blister-like bumps on his ears. It looked similar to chicken pox. We took him to the doc and after x-rays and tests they diagnosed him with pneumonia and HSP. I was shocked to hear he had pneumonia because he showed no signs of distress in his breathing but the xray revealed fluid in his lungs. Periodically a child can have a reaction to pneumonia and get HSP. Its not contagious nor life threatening unless it reaches the liver. The same spots on the outside are also on the inside of the body. The remedy was simple, just antibiotics. He is all better now
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