Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels — the tubes that carry blood throughout your body. Inflammation happens when your immune system attacks healthy tissue by mistake. When blood vessels ...

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VEXAS syndrome is known to be a mimicker of ANCA-associated vasculitis, making it a challenge to distinguish between the disorders. VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) ...

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For patients with signs and symptoms indicative of urticarial vasculitis (UV), establishing a differential diagnosis often presents physicians with a host of challenges, in large part because of the ...

The condition can take different forms and symptoms often depend which part of the body is affected. It can also occur alongside conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and lupus but can develop in ...

Ashton Kutcher is known for many things, including acting in great projects, doing important charitable work, having a family with wife Mila Kunis. Having a serious health problem? Not so much—until ...