ANCA vasculitis can affect blood vessels in your kidneys and other organs. It’s not common, but your doctor can run a blood test to find out. You have other medical conditions. Lupus is only one ...

Incidence of end-stage kidney disease for those with newly diagnosed antibody-associated vasculitis was 22% at 10 years. Survival rates were 2.8 times lower for those with vs. without end-stage ...

There’s a lot gone on since [the last guideline was published in] 2014, and it now doesn’t reflect best practice,’ said ...

The third phase is vasculitis, usually involving the skin, lungs, nerves, kidneys, and other organs. There is frequent devastation of the nerves, called mononeuritis multiplex, which causes severe ...

This can cause chronic (long-term) shortness of breath. People with lupus don’t usually have vasculitis in the kidneys unless they have lupus nephritis. If this does happen, you probably won’t have ...

In some cases, skin vasculitis may lead to serious health complications. If vasculitis spreads to the kidneys, it could ultimately lead to kidney failure. Vasculitis can also cause complications ...

Figure 1: Renal biopsy findings in a patient with ANCA-associated vasculitis. Remission is achieved in the vast majority of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis but a small number of patients ...

Rarely, it causes kidney disease. It’s important to have regular follow-up visits with a doctor if you or your child has IgA vasculitis to prevent serious complications. The main symptom of HSP ...

Patients with vs without ANCA-associated vasculitis are significantly more likely to die after kidney transplantation and to experience postoperative infection. Patients with ANCA-associated ...

This type of vasculitis affects the small vessels, such as capillaries, venules, and arterioles in any organ in the body; it’s commonly found in the skin, kidneys and nerves. Central Nervous ...