What is vasculitis

Vasculitis is basically a group of disorders that affects our blood vessels by inflaming them.

It is an autoimmune disorder, which in layman’s language means the inflammation is caused due to the person’s own immunity.

In such a condition, a person’s immunity mechanism starts acting against the body’s own tissues.

So, there are certain diseases where the body’s immune system attacks veins, arteries and small capillaries of the body.

And depending on the nature of the blood vessel, we categorise the disease as small, medium or large vessel vasculitis.

The symptoms depend upon what kind of blood vessels are involved. Additionally, there are some general symptoms which include inflammation, weight loss, fever, tiredness and fatigue.