10 Vasculitis Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #4: Abdominal Pain
Vasculitis affects the gastrointestinal system as well, which can include mouth ulcers, as well as, abdominal pain. Sometimes, even the blood flow to the digestive tract can be completely blocked which can severely damage the intestinal walls leading to necrosis and death of the intestines, perforation bloody diarrhea, etc.
Gastrointestinal vasculitis leading to abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal problems can occur in cases of giant cell arteritis, Buerger’s disease, Takayasu’s disease, cryoglobulinemia, but most frequently in polyarteritis nodosa, Henoch Schonlein purpura, Wegener’s syndrome, and Churg-Strauss syndrome.
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