Key Points
But within two days, she developed rashes on her legs and within a week, she was experiencing extreme joint pain..
She was eventually referred to the PGIMER, Chandigarh, where she was diagnosed with vasculitis, an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in blood vessels...
It has various sub-types affecting different age groups, like giant-cell arteritis that affects the aorta in older patients, whereas Takayasu arteritis affects young adults and Kawasaki disease affects children...
Symptoms: Vasculitis can be a primary disease or can be the secondary symptom to other autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc..
Vasculitis is also not transmissible from one person to another.. Treatment options: Since it is an auto-immune disease, most patients require immunosuppression medications..
