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Vasculitis - Coggle Diagram
Vasculitis
Classifications of Vasculitis and Altered Functions they cause
Small
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Inflammation in respiratory tract
Asthma
Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
affects capillaries, venules, or arterioles
skin and glomeruli are often involved
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Affects capillaries, venules, or arteries
Involves skin, gut, and glomeruli
associated with arthritis or arthaglias
Microscopic polyangiitis
affects capillaries, venules, or arterioles (may involve small or medium arteries)
necrotizing glomerulonephriti
pulmonary capillaritis often occurs
Wegener granulomatosis
Inflammation involving respiratory tract
affects capillaries, venules, arterioles, and arteries
necrotizing glomerulonephritis (inflammation in kidneys) is common
Medium
Kawasaki disease
Arteritis involving coronary arteries (aorta and veins may be involved
associated with mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Polyarteritis nodosa
Necrotizing inflammation of medium or small arteries
Large
Giant cell (temporal) arteritis
Granulomatous arteritis of the aorta and its major branches
Takayasu arteritis
Affects aorta and major branches
Inflammation of blood vessels
Caused by...
Partly unknown
Genetic makeup of an individual
Immune system reaction
Infection
Blood cancers
Immune system disease
Reactions to drugs
Risk Factors
Age
Patient/family history
Medications
Infections
Immune disorders
Sex of individual
Clinical Manifestations
General signs and symptoms
Fever
Headache
Weight loss
Aches and pains
Fatigue
Signs and symptoms occurring in other parts of the body
Digestive system
pain after eating
blood in stool (due to ulcers and perforations)
Ears
dizziness
ringing in ears
hearing loss
Feet or hands
numbness or weakness
palms of hands/soles of feet swell and become hard
Eyes
red, itchy, and burning eyes
permanent or temporary blindness
Lungs
shortness of breath
coughing up blood
Skin
red spots
lumps
sores
Treatments (control inflammation and tend to conditions that may be causing vasculitis)
Medication
corticosteroid to help inflammation
Medications specific to the type of vasculitis patient is experiencing
methotrexate
azathioprine
mycophenolate
cyclophosphamide
tocilizumab
rituximab
Surgery
If aneurysm is caused, surgery may be needed to reduce risk of rupture
Freeing blocked arteries to allow for blood flow