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

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 ...

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

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 ...

A 43-year-old woman presented with 6 months of recurrent bilateral eye pain and redness alongside spontaneous urticaria.She ...

"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 ...

When doctors examine patients, they often look beyond the presenting symptoms to gather additional diagnostic information.