Named for the German physicians Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793-1864) and Eduard Heinrich Henoch (1820-1910). Schönlein's name should come first because he was the first person to recognize the condition and did so in 1837. Henoch in 1868 reported the first case of a patient with colic, bloody diarrhea, painful joints, and a rash. Also known as allergic purpura, anaphylactoid purpura, and Schonlein-Henoch syndrome.
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