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Treatment of vasculitis depends on the etiology, the type of vasculitis, and extent and severity of disease. For secondary vasculitic disorders, removing the cause (eg, infection, drug, cancer) usually helps. For primary vasculitic disorders, treatment aims to induce and maintain remission.
22 de abr. de 2024 · Summary. Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. It happens when the body's immune system attacks the blood vessel by mistake. It can happen because of an infection, a medicine, or another disease. The cause is often unknown. Vasculitis can affect arteries, veins and capillaries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the heart ...
17 de out. de 2023 · Vasculitis, also called angiitis or arteritis, is an autoimmune disease that affects your blood vessels, organs, and tissues. Your vessels swell and narrow, which makes it harder for your blood to ...
Medium vessel vasculitis (MVV) is a type of vasculitis that mostly affects the medium arteries, which are the major arteries that supply the viscera and their branches. Any size artery could be impacted, though. The two primary types are polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) and Kawasaki disease (KD). Small vessel vasculitis
Some cases of vasculitis occur after treatment with certain drugs, for example propylthiouracil (used to treat thyroid disease) and allopurinol (used to treat gout), as well as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and antibiotics. It's thought that most forms of vasculitis are a type of autoimmune disease.
22 de mai. de 2023 · Problems during pregnancy can develop if a person has vasculitis. Blood vessels damaged by vasculitis can narrow and block normal blood flow, which may cause problems in other parts of the body. Some problems can be life-threatening. They include: Aneurysm or a tear inside the aorta called an aortic dissection Arrhythmia; Coronary heart disease
Kawasaki disease; Small vessel vasculitis (SVV) SVV affects the smallest blood vessels of the body called capillaries and venules. SVV involves inflammation mediated by autoantibodies (antibodies are molecules that usually coats bacteria and viruses; however, in autoimmune disease, they bind to cells and proteins normally
