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Takayasu arteritis is a rare form of the autoimmune disease known as vasculitis, which involves inflammation of the blood vessels. In Takayasu arteritis the inflammation occurs in the blood vessels leading to the aorta and its branches, impairing blood flow through the vessels and to the surrounding tissues. Takayasu arteritis is nine times more likely to afflict women than men, particularly Asian women under the age of 40. Only 2 or 3 cases of the disease occur each year per million people in a population.
How does Takayasu arteritis develop?
The cause of Takayasu arteritis is unknown. It is clear, however, that the immune system plays a critical role in the tissue damage caused by the disease. The immune system produces antibodies that attack the body, causing inflammation to develop in the blood vessels. Inflammation in blood vessel and artery walls leads to narrowing of the vessels. The blood vessels become leaky or clogged, disrupting blood flow to nerves, organs and other parts of the body. Inadequate blood supply to a particular tissue or organ can result in permanent damage such as loss of pulse points and pulmonary failure. Any organ or combination of organs in the body can be affected.
What are the symptoms of Takayasu arteritis?
Symptoms of this disease can be divided into two phases: a systemic phase and an occlusive phase. In the systemic phase, patients have symptoms that may include fever, fatigue, weight loss, osteoarthritis and non-specific aches and pains. There may be tenderness of affected arteries. In the occlusive phase, patients begin to develop symptoms caused by the narrowing of affected arteries, including pain in the limbs, dizziness, headaches and visual problems. During this phase, blood vessels may narrow to such an extent that the normal pulses in the neck, elbow, wrist or lower extremities cannot be felt. High blood pressure is common, but blood pressure taken in the arm may be read falsely as low if there is a narrowing artery in that extremity. The pulmonary arteries may also be affected in this disorder.
Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of Takayasu arteritis but they do not address the root of the problem. Generally, by undergoing comprehensive natural medicine testing, the reasons the body is producing antibodies against itself can be found. Some of these reasons include sensitivities or allergies to foods, inhalants and chemicals and various infections.
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