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It manifests itself in children; it is the pediatric counterpart of dermatomyositis. In JDM, the body's immune system attacks blood vessels throughout the body, causing inflammation called vasculitis. In the United States, the incidence rate of JDMS is approximately 2-3 cases per million children per year. The UK incidence is believed to be ...
Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever and mainly affects children under 5 years of age. [6] It is a form of vasculitis, in which medium-sized blood vessels become inflamed throughout the body. [1]
IgA vasculitis (HSP), previously known as Henoch–Schönlein purpura, is an autoimmune disease that most commonly affects children. In the skin, the disease causes palpable purpura (small, raised areas of bleeding underneath the skin), often with joint pain and abdominal pain .
Vasculitis is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation to the body's organs and blood vessels.
Vasculitis frequently coexists with infections, and several infections, including hepatitis B and C, HIV, infective endocarditis, and tuberculosis, are significant secondary causes of vasculitis. [35] Except for rheumatoid vasculitis, the majority of secondary vasculitis forms are exceedingly rare. [36]
In cases where a cause can be determined, medications and infectious pathogens are most common in adults, while IgA vasculitis (Henoch–Schönlein purpura) frequently affects children. [6] Other etiologies include autoimmune conditions and malignancies, usually hematologic (related to the blood).
Necrotizing vasculitis, also called systemic necrotizing vasculitis, [1] is a general term for the inflammation of veins and arteries that develops into necrosis and narrows the vessels. [ 2 ] Tumors , medications, allergic reactions , and infectious organisms are some of the recognized triggers for these conditions, even though the precise ...
Children up to 17 years old: Types: Early-onset SLE is a type of cSLE that occurs in children up to 5 years old. It tends to be more severe than cSLE in older children. Causes: Production of antibodies that bind with one's own antigens to cause uncontrolled inflammation and injury in various tissues and organs