Frailty emerged as an independent risk factor for severe infection and end-stage renal disease or death across different age ...

Healthcare providers use various medications to treat vasculitis, a sometimes severe condition that may cause organ damage or death. Treatment for vasculitis is evolving as newer therapies become ...

Over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications, such as Advil (ibuprofen) or Aleve (naproxen), may be enough to reduce pain ...

Are autoimmune diseases fatal? Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system ...

Primary central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is a rare ... Headaches are usually severe and persistent and may be generalized or localized; they are rarely a thunderclap headache, which ...

Patients with AAV who have ECG abnormalities may be at greater risk for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.

The treatment of vasculitis is typically adapted to the phase of the disease and its extent and severity at presentation. Treatment phases include an induction period of 3-6 months, a remission ...

Researchers led by the University Hospital Zurich have identified cases of sterile intraocular inflammation, including severe retinal vasculitis, associated with faricimab injections used to treat eye ...

Frailty, a measure of biological age, may be a more accurate predictor of poor outcomes than chronological age in older adults with AAV.

Women diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency have an increased prevalence of severe autoimmune diseases.

EGPA is a rare form of vasculitis, an inflammation of blood ... as an add-on maintenance therapy for patients with uncontrolled severe eosinophilic asthma. It is also under investigation for ...