What Is Vasculitis? Vasculitis is a group of diseases in which blood vessels become inflamed. This inflammation can cause blood vessels to narrow, weaken, or get blocked, reducing blood flow to organs and tissues. Why Does Vasculitis Occur? Triggers include autoimmune diseases, infections, medications, malignancies or unknown causes. In autoimmune vasculitis body’s own immune cells […]
Inflammatory myositis is an autoimmune disease whereby immune system mistakenly attacks body’s own muscle tissue causing muscle inflammation and weakness. It is subdivided into dermatomyositis (muscle weakness and/or skin rash) and polymyositis (muscle weakness only). Who Gets It & Why Inflammatory myositis can affect people at any stage of life, when it affects young it […]
What Is It? Spondyloarthritis literally means arthritis of spine. It is characterized by inflammation affecting sacroiliac joints of spine. Sacroiliac joints are the joint between spine and pelvic bones. Who Gets It & Why • SpA usually affect young persons of age 20-40, male and female are affected equally. • Exact reason is not known […]
