Complications
Complication
Timeframe
Likelihood
short term
low
Treatment includes specialist input, supportive care, corticosteroids plus immunosuppressants, and plasmapheresis.
short term
low
Treatment includes supportive care and surgical consultation. Intravenous corticosteroids may be considered.[33]
variable
low
Treatment includes specialist input, supportive care, and corticosteroids plus immunosuppressants.
variable
low
Chronic renal failure is reported in 1% to 15% of children with IgAV nephritis.[51] Treatment is renal transplant.
variable
low
Include headaches and seizures. Prognosis is good: these complications improve over a variable period of time.
variable
low
Keratitis or uveitis is very rare.
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