Vasculitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Vasculitis involves inflammation of the blood vessels. The inflammation can cause the walls of the blood vessels to thicken, which reduces the width of the passageway through the vessel. If blood flow is restricted, it can result in organ and tissue damage.
Causes of Vasculitis - Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center
Here, the infection is the trigger, but the immune system is the cause of the vascular damage. Viral hepatitis (B and C) are examples of this sort: some patients with Hepatitis B may develop polyarteritis nodosa, while some patients with Hepatitis …
Vasculitis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
For vasculitis, some basic questions to ask include: What type of vasculitis do I have? What's causing my vasculitis? Will I need more tests? Is my vasculitis acute or chronic? Will my vasculitis go away on its own? Is my vasculitis serious? Has any part of my body been seriously damaged by vasculitis? Can my vasculitis be cured?
Vasculitis Frequently Asked Questions - Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center
Infections are strongly suspected of playing a role in in forms such as the association of hepatitis B (a virus) and polyarteritis nodosa, and hepatitis C (another virus) and cryoglobulinemic vasculitis.
Types of Vasculitis : Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center
SVV affects the smallest blood vessels of the body called capillaries and venules. 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. found in the body, hence the name, autoantibodies).
Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis - DermNet
2016年1月23日 · Small vessel vasculitis is the most common form of vasculitis affecting arterioles and venules. In the skin, small vessel vasculitis presents with palpable purpura . Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis can be idiopathic / primary , or secondary to infection , drug or disease.
Patient education: Vasculitis (Beyond the Basics) - UpToDate
2023年6月9日 · Vasculitis can also occur as a result of infection such as the following viruses: hepatitis B or C, HIV (the virus that causes AIDS), cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, or parvovirus B19. Vasculitis can also occur with some infections caused by bacteria.
Overview of Vasculitis - Overview of Vasculitis - The Merck …
Vasculitis is inflammation of blood vessels, often with ischemia, necrosis, and organ inflammation. Vasculitis can affect any blood vessel—arteries, arterioles, veins, venules, or capillaries.
Vasculitis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年8月8日 · Vasculitis is a heterogeneous group of pathologies characterized by inflammation of vessels. They share common links of clinical, laboratory, and pathophysiologic features. The clinical and pathological features are variable and depend on …
COVID-19 vasculitis and novel vasculitis mimics - PMC
2021年1月7日 · Skin lesions with features of vasculitis have been reported in COVID-19 cases ranging from mild or asymptomatic to fulminant disease, 10 with reported changes exhibiting a predilection for the dorsal surfaces of the toes, including rounded, well circumscribed erythematous to violaceous plaques or nodules, diffuse digital erythema, and chilblain-...