Nellie Zygiel of Fairhaven has battled illness much of her life. Diagnosed with a rare disease, her life has been saved thanks to a neighbor.

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The renal arteries bring blood from the heart to the kidneys to help filter ...

Medscape Medical News, October 08, 2024 Frailty Outweighs Age in Predicting ANCA Vasculitis Outcomes Frailty emerged as an independent risk factor for severe infection and end-stage renal disease ...

Identification of risk factors for relapse of ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis would allow therapy ... of resistance also rose with severity of kidney disease. Of the patients who attained ...

They care for those with urinary tract infections, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, glomerulonephritis, and nephrotic syndrome, vasculitis, and systemic lupus erythematosis and chronic kidney ...

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Alaska Native and American Indian adults have a high prevalence of AAV, with distinct clinical characteristics and treatment patterns observed.

She has faced other health challenges over her young life. Vasculitis can affect the kidneys, lungs and brain. Zygiel is a student at UMass Amherst, where she has become involved with a student ...

"Sure enough, it was vasculitis, he was right," she said. "He's still my rheumatologist to this day." A biopsy confirmed the rare disease had affected her kidneys. A spinal tap found that her ...