Affected body part
People often affected
Symptoms can include
Takayasu arteritis
Aorta - the main artery that gets blood from the heart
Women between 10 and 40. Not common in the United States.
Pain and weakness in arms or legs, belly pain after eating
Giant cell arteritis
Aorta, arteries on face and head
Older people and people with a condition called "polymyalgia rheumatica"
Headache, pain in the jaw, trouble seeing clearly or seeing from 1 eye
Polyarteritis nodosa
Kidneys, skin, other body parts
People with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis B or C, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS), or a cancer called "hairy cell leukemia"
Tiredness, weight loss, fever, red bumps or purple bumps on skin, numbness or tingling in hands or feet, belly pain
Kawasaki disease
Heart, other body parts
Children under 5 years old
Fever, swelling, and redness in areas with inflammation
Primary central nervous system vasculitis
Brain and spinal cord
Middle-aged adults
Headache, confusion, stroke
Churg-Strauss vasculitis
Lungs, nose and sinuses, skin, other body parts
People with asthma
Asthma, allergies, sores on the skin
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegeners)
Nose, sinuses, lungs, kidneys
Older adults
Fever, joint pain, weight loss, runny or "crusty" nose, ear infections, cough, brown or dark urine
Henoch-Sch ƒ ¶nlein purpura
Skin, kidneys
Children between age 3 and 15, but can affect adults
Belly and joint pain, skin rash, brown or dark urine
Cryoglobulinemia
Blood
People infected with hepatitis C
Red or purple skin bumps, tiredness, joint and muscle pain, swollen glands
Hypersensitivity vasculitis
Skin
People taking medicines that cause a reaction
Red or purple skin bumps or other rash
Beh ƒ §et's disease
Adults age 20 to 40
Sores in mouth or on skin or genitals, eye problems, joint pain and swelling
Vasculitis is inflammation in the blood vessels. There are many different types that affect different parts of the body. Some types are more serious than others.
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