According to the Mayo Clinic, vasculitis is an autoimmune disease in which blood vessels become inflamed. Due to this inflammation, the walls of blood vessels thicken, blood flow is impaired, and tissues and organs are damaged.
The Cleveland Clinic explains that if a person has an autoimmune disease, it means that their immune system is not protecting the body, it is attacking it. These diseases include lupus, Crohn’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.
There are several types of vasculitis. In addition, they can affect both one and several organs at the same time. According to the Mayo Clinic, there are types of vasculitis such as Behçet’s disease, Buerger’s disease, Churg-Strauss syndrome, cryoglobulinemia, giant cell arteritis, Wegener’s granulomatosis, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Kawasaki disease, Takayasu arteritis.
The Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center adds that symptoms of vasculitis may be due to diseased blood vessels. However, most patients with vasculitis experience fever, weight loss, fatigue, heart palpitations, pain due to skin ulcers, insufficient blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract, etc.
The Cleveland Clinic also lists symptoms such as dark or bloody urine, skin rash, shortness of breath or cough.
According to the Mayo Clinic, some patients with vasculitis may experience dizziness, hearing loss, double vision, and temporary or permanent blindness.
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