Other types of vasculitis

Othertypes of vasculitis include: Behet's disease typicallycauses mouth ulcers and genital ulcers, and is more common in people from Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, China and Japan Buerger's disease affects blood vessels in the legs and arms, leading to reduced blood flow to the hands and feet; it's closely linked to smoking Cogan's syndrome inflammation of the blood vessels in the inner ears and eyes cryoglobulin-associated vasculitis associated with proteins in the blood called cryoglobulins and can occur after a hepatitis C infection; it causesa rash on the lower limbs, joint pain , nerve damage, tummy (abdominal) pain and kidneyproblems hypersensitivity vasculitis usually caused by a reaction to a medication, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or certain antibiotics , and results in a temporary rash primary angiitis of the central nervous system inflammation of the blood vessels in the brain rheumatoid vasculitis vasculitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis Click on the links above formore information on these types of vasculitis.