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Anarthritic Syndrome and Receiving Disability Benefits

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Anarthritic syndrome is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory autoimmune disease of your large arteries. Anarthritic syndrome is a poorly understood pain syndrome that is evidenced by pain and stiffness in your shoulder and hip girdles, neck, thighs and upper arms.  It is highly possible that if you suffer from this immune system syndrome you may qualify for social security disability benefits such as SSI or SSDI.

Anarthritic syndrome was probably first reported over 100 years ago with the name “senile rheumatic gout.” Other names were used until 1957.

There is a relationship between anarthritic syndrome and giant cell arteritis. Each of these disorders seem to have the same disease process with slightly different signs and symptoms. However, you can get one of them without getting the other.

The people who are most often affected by anarthritic syndrome are those who are over 50 years of age. Women are affected by this syndrome more than twice as often as men. Anarthritic syndrome is a relatively common problem in the United States and Europe.

Anarthritic syndrome is believed to be an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is one in which your immune system for some unknown reason attacks the tissues and cells of your own body.

In the case of anarthritic syndrome, your immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of your joints with white blood cells. However, no one knows what causes your immune system to make this mistake. Researchers believe that both genetic and environmental factors are probably involved. There may also be a connection between this syndrome and some viruses that cause respiratory infections.

6 Signs and Symptoms of Anarthritic Syndrome

The signs and symptoms that you may experience with this type of autoimmune disease, anarthritic syndrome, often develop suddenly, without warning. They can literally begin overnight. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may have include:

Ÿ  A slight fever at various times

Ÿ  Unintentional weight loss

Ÿ  Anemia (low red blood cell count)

Ÿ  Weakness or malaise (not feeling well)

Ÿ  Moderate to severe aching, pain and stiffness in the muscles of your thighs, hips, shoulders, neck and upper arms

Ÿ  Fatigue.

The pain and stiffness may begin on one side of your body. You will probably be affected on both sides of your body as anarthritic syndrome progresses. The stiffness and pain is usually more severe in the morning or after you have been sitting or lying down for a long time. It may be severe enough to awaken you from sleep.  Please contact us or visit our other site pages for more information about receiving benefits for the autoimmune disease, anarthritic syndrome.

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Paraneoplastic Pemphigus Autoimmune Disease and Qualifying For Disability

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Pemphigus is an autoimmune disease that is marked by blistering and raw sores on your skin and mucous membranes. The use of Penicillamine is sometimes associated with the occurrence of pemphigus. Penicillamine is a drug that is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Wilson’s disease and scleroderma.

There are three major types of pemphigus that are vastly different in severity. They are pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus and paraneoplastic pemphigus.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus is the rarest kind of pemphigus. However, it is the most serious, severe form of the disease. Most of the time, paraneoplastic pemphigus develops in people who have already been diagnosed with certain types of cancer, such as sarcomas, Castleman‘s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, thymoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus affects men and women equally. It usually begins in people who are middle-aged and older, but the disease can also occur in children and young adults.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus is evidenced by the binding of antibodies to the surface of the cells of your epidermis, which is the outer layer of your skin. This disease is also marked by conjunctiva (scarring and ulceration of your eye and eyelids), skin lesions that may involve violaceous plaques or blisters and severe ulceration of your lips and mouth.

The exact cause of paraneoplastic pemphigus is unknown. As already mentioned, paraneoplastic pemphigus is believed to be an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is one in which for some unknown reason your body’s autoimmune system mistakenly sends antibodies to attack the tissues and cells of your own body. In the case of paraneoplastic pemphigus, there are additional antibodies that are involved in causing the disease that are not seen in other kinds of pemphigus.

As mentioned earlier, paraneoplastic pemphigus is almost always connected to a malignancy of some kind. Other signs and symptoms that you may experience include:

Ÿ    Skin lesions that are highly variable in what they look like that may develop anywhere on your body

Ÿ    These skin lesions may be scaly plaques, ulcerative lesions, red and inflamed spots or fluid-filled blisters

Ÿ    Painful sores on your lips and in your mouth

Ÿ    Ulceration and scarring of your eye and eyelids (conjunctiva)

Ÿ    Lesions in your lungs that may lead to progressive lung disease and make it hard for you to breathe.

 

You  may have been diagnosed with paraneoplastic pemphigus. Paraneoplastic pemphigus and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disease may have resulted in the disability of you or your loved one and be what is causing you not to be able to work.  Paraneoplastic pemphigus may qualify you for SSI or SSDI benefits.

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Pemphigus Vulgaris and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

Pemphigus is an autoimmune disorder that causes raw and blistering sores on your skin and mucous membranes. Pemphigus is sometimes connected with the use of Penicillamine.  Penicillamine is a medication that is used in the treatment of scleroderma, Wilson’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

There are three kinds of pemphigus that vary in severity. They are pemphigus foliaceus, paraneoplastic pemphigus and pemphigus vulgaris.

Pemphigus vulgaris is a chronic blistering form of this disorder. It is marked by extensive flaccid blisters and mucocutaneous erosions.

Pemphigus vulgaris occurs when antibodies from your autoimmune system attack Desmoglein 3. This is a protein that keeps your cells bound together. With pemphigus vulgaris, your cells fall apart and cause your skin to slough off.

Pemphigus vulgaris is the most common type of pemphigus. It is more severe than pemphigus foliaceus but not as severe as paraneoplastic pemphigus.

Pemphigus vulgaris can begin in anyone at any age. However, this disorder takes place most often in people who are middle aged and elderly. It is rare in children. People of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean or Jewish descent are the ones who are affected most frequently by pemphigus vulgaris.

No one knows what the exact cause of pemphigus vulgaris is. As stated at the beginning, pemphigus vulgaris is believed to be an autoimmune disorder. An autoimmune disorder is one in which for some unknown reason your body’s autoimmune system mistakenly attacks the cells and tissues of your own body. In the case of pemphigus vulgaris, it is Desmoglein 3, the protein that keeps your cells bound together that is attacked by antibodies from your autoimmune system.

For about 50% of the people with pemphigus vulgaris, signs and symptoms of the disorder usually begin with painful sores and blisters in the mouth that are followed by blisters that erupt on the skin. Blisters may also break out on the mucous membranes of your genitals. The blisters do not itch, but they are usually painful.

The blisters that occur on your skin with pemphigus vulgaris may be characterized as crusting, draining, oozing and peeling or easily detached. They may develop in your mouth or on your trunk, scalp or other skin areas.

You or a loved one may be suffering with pemphigus vulgaris. Pemphigus vulgaris and/or complications that have resulted from it or other illnesses that you have along with this disorder may have caused the disability of you or your loved one and be what is preventing you from being able to work.

Because of vulgaris, you may need the help of a social security lawyer. You may need financial assistance.

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Angiofollicular Lymph Node Hyperplasia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
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Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia is a disorder that affects your lymph nodes and other immune-cell structures in your body. Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia may advance in either a localized or more widespread manner.

 

Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia is considered to be a lymphoproliferative disorder. What this means is that this disorder involves an abnormal overgrowth or proliferation of your lymphatic cells.

 

In many aspects, angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia is similar to cancers or lymphomas of your lymphatic system. This is true in spite of the fact that this disorder is not considered to be a cancer. In fact, many people who have angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia do go on to develop lymphomas.

 

The specific cause of angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia has not yet been discovered. Researchers think that an infection resulting from a virus known as the human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) may be the cause of this disorder.

 

Kaposi sarcoma is associated with this virus. Kaposi sarcoma is a malignant tumor that develops in your blood vessel walls. In many instances, people with multicentric angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia are also afflicted with this tumor. This is especially true for people who are also HIV-positive.

 

A kind of protein that is made by immune cells that is known as interleukin-6 (IL-6) may also be a contributing factor in this disorder. There is also a possibility that HHV8, or some other unknown factor, may lead to overproduction of IL-6, which results in too many lymphatic cells.

 

There are two basic types of angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia. They are unicentric and multicentric. The effect on people that is brought about by each one of these two kinds of angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia is greatly different.

 

Unicentric angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia is the localized kind of this disorder. Due to the fact that it is localized, this form of the disorder only affects one of your lymph nodes.

 

In most cases, people who have unicentric angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia do not experience any signs or symptoms at all. In most instances, the disorder is located in your abdomen or chest. When signs and symptoms do develop, you may have:

 

Ÿ  A feeling of fullness or pressure in your chest or abdomen that may result in you having difficulties in eating or breathing

Ÿ  Night sweats

Ÿ  Weight loss that is not intentional

Ÿ  Low-grade fever

Ÿ  Anemia.

 

Multicentric angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia is far more serious. This form of the disorder may result in systemic signs and symptoms. Some of these may include:

 

Ÿ  An enlarged spleen or liver

Ÿ  An enlargement of you peripheral lymph nodes, which usually takes place in areas around your neck, collarbone, underarm and groin

Ÿ  Weight loss that is not intentional

Ÿ  Peripheral neuropathy (this is nerve damage in your hands and feet that takes place in weakness or numbness)

Ÿ  Malaise (a general feeling of not being well)

Ÿ  Fever

Ÿ  Night Sweats

Ÿ  Anemia

Ÿ  Fatigue or weakness that results from anemia.

 

You may have become incapacitated and cannot work as a result of angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia and/or complications that have developed from it or other ailments that you have in conjunction with this disorder. If this is the case, you may be searching for financial help.

 

Have you thought about seeking Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration? Have you already tried this option and been turned down by the Social Security Administration?

 

If you are intending to appeal your denial or reapply, you really should have the lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com working for you. The lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com will help you to get the Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits that are rightfully yours.

 

Do not wait. Get in touch with socialsecurityhome.com, right now.

 

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Urethritis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Saturday, September 17th, 2011
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Your urethra is a small tube that permits urine to flow out from your urinary bladder. Your urethra connects your bladder to your genitals. In the case of a man it is your penis. For a woman, it is your vagina.

Urethritis is a condition that is characterized by inflammation and infection of your urethra. Urethritis is usually swelling and irritation of the lining of your urethra.

Urethritis is referred to in other ways. It is also known as NGU, urethral syndrome, non-gonococcal urethritis, non-specific urethritis, non-specific cervicitis and chlamydial infection.

Urethritis is a condition that takes place in both males and females. However, females are more at risk for getting urethritis than males are.

Urethritis may be caused by either a virus or bacteria. There are several things that may result in urethritis. Some of these include:

  • Reiter syndrome (an autoimmune disease that is caused by a response to an infection that is located somewhere else in your body)
  • Bruising that takes place during sexual intercourse (in women)
  • Bacterial infection that occurs after you have taken a course of antibiotics
  • An infection that reaches your urethra from the prostate gland or through your penis opening (in men)
  • Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as gonorrhea, AIDS, chlamydia, HIV, syphilis or Herpes Simplex Virus
  • Bacteria and other organisms that enter your urethra.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of getting urethritis. Some of these are:

Ÿ  Having many different sexual partners

Ÿ  A history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

Ÿ  Being a female who is in the reproductive years

Ÿ  Being a male who is between the ages of 20 and 35

Ÿ  Engaging in high-risk sexual behavior, such as having anal sex without a condom.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may experience as a woman that may be an indication of urethritis. Possible signs and symptoms include:

Ÿ  Chills and fever

Ÿ  Pelvic pain

Ÿ  Urgent or frequent urination

Ÿ  A vaginal discharge

Ÿ  Abdominal pain

Ÿ  A burning pain while you are urinating.

There are also several different signs and symptoms that you may have as a man, which may be an indication of urethritis. Possible signs and symptoms are:

Ÿ  Tenderness, swelling or itching in your groin or penis area

Ÿ  Pus or whitish mucus discharge from your penis

Ÿ  Pain when you have sexual intercourse or ejaculate

Ÿ  Blood in your semen or urine

Ÿ  Having to urinate, urgently or frequently

Ÿ  Dysuria (burning pain while you are urinating)

Ÿ  Fever, but this is rare in men

Ÿ  Itching or burning around your penile opening.

In order to diagnose your urethritis, your doctor will probably ask about your signs and symptoms and want to know your medical history. He or she will probably examine your genitals, get a specimen of mucus from the inside of your urethra and, for women, your vagina and do lab tests on a sample of your urine.

Treatment usually involves the use of antibiotics. Sexual abstinence may also be recommended until after your treatment is finished.

Urethritis is not something that would normally qualify you to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. However, you may have urethritis along with other disorders that have led to your disability. As a result, you may need financial assistance.

Have you put in a claim for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration? Has your claim been turned down by the Social Security Administration?

If you are thinking about reapplying or appealing your denial, you really should have the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com on your side. The disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com can help you receive the disability benefits that you have coming to you.

Do not delay. Call socialsecurityhome.com, before it is too late.

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Histiocytic Lymphoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, September 10th, 2011
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Your lymphatic system is composed of a network of thin lymphatic vessels that branch into tissues all through your body like blood vessels. These lymphatic vessels carry a watery, colorless fluid called lymph. Lymph contains infection-fighting cells that are known as lymphocytes.

Small organs that are called lymph nodes are situated along this network of vessels. Clusters of these lymph nodes are located in your abdomen, groin, chest, neck and underarms. Lymphatic tissue is found in your stomach, intestines and skin. Your tonsils, spleen, thymus and bone marrow are also a part of your lymphatic system.

White blood cells are made by your lymphatic system. These white blood cells are known as lymphocytes. They do the critical job of guarding you from infectious invaders like bacteria, fungi and viruses.

Lymphoma develops as a result of these lymphocytes beginning to multiply uncontrollably. They make malignant cells that have the abnormal ability to invade other tissues throughout your body.

Lymphomas are cancers that start in your lymphatic system. There are two main types of lymphoma.

Histiocytic lymphoma is one of these two main kinds of lymphoma. The other is Hodgkin’s disease.

Hodgkin’s disease only accounts for about 1% of all the cancers in the United States. Unfortunately, histiocytic lymphoma is one of the more common cancers in the United States. It is the fifth most common cancer in women and the sixth most common cancer in men.

Researchers are not sure about what causes histiocytic lymphoma. A weakened immune system may be one possible cause. Receiving an organ transplant may also put you at a greater risk for developing histiocytic lymphoma.

Swollen lymph nodes in your neck, groin or armpit may be the only signs and symptoms that you have in the early stages of histiocytic lymphoma. Later, as the disease progresses, there are a variety of signs and symptoms that you may experience depending on where the affected area is in your body. Some of these are:

  • Excessive sweating and night sweats
  • Coughing or shortness of breath if the disease is affecting your lymph nodes or thymus gland in your chest
  • Unintended weight loss
  • Headaches, seizures, difficulties with concentration or personality changes if the area affected is cells in your brain
  • Fever
  • Stomach swelling or pain that can lead to nausea, vomiting, constipation, and loss of appetite
  • Severe itching.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with histiocytic lymphoma. Histiocytic lymphoma and/or complications that have resulted from it or other ailments that you have in conjunction with this disease may have brought about you or your loved one’s disability and inability to work.

Because of this, you may need help. You may need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may consider applying for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability that has come from histiocytic lymphoma and/or complications that have resulted from it or other illnesses that you have in conjunction with this disease. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

 

If you or your loved one decides to reapply or appeal the denial, you really should carefully consider this important fact that you may not have heard of. It is an established fact that people who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer fighting for them.

Please do not hesitate or put this off. This could mean so much to you or your loved one. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, August 19th, 2011

One of the many difficulties that is associated with cancer is a complication that is believed to be a result of cancer but is not directly a part of the cancer. This complication is referred to as paraneoplastic syndromes.

Paraneoplastic syndromes are a group of disorders that are believed to be caused by cancer, but they are not considered to be a part of the cancer. Researchers believe that they develop as a result of your immune system’s response to a kind of cancer that is known as a neoplasm. A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of tissue that is due to the fast division of cells that have developed a mutation (defect) into sets of cells with the same genetic composition (mitosis).

Paraneoplastic syndromes are believed to develop when white blood cells (T cells) or cancer-fighting antibodies not only attack cancer cells but also mistakenly attack normal cells in your nervous system. This usually takes place during the early stages of cancer. Most of the time, this happens before you even know that you have cancer.

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are used in reference to these syndromes when they develop in your nervous system. Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are degenerative disorders. What this means is that they get progressively worse as time goes by.

Thankfully, paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are extremely rare. They occur in less than 1% of all the cases of cancer.

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes usually develop in people who have lung, breast or ovarian cancer. The vast majority of the time, they originate because of the mistaken response of your immune system that was mentioned earlier. However, no one knows for sure why this immune system response occurs in some people with cancer but not in others who have the disease.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may have with paraneoplastic neurological syndromes. Some of these include:

  • Slurring of your speech
  • Problems with maintaining your balance
  • Seizures
  • Difficulty walking
  • Loss of muscle tone
  • Vertigo or dizziness
  • Vision problems
  • Disturbances in your sleep
  • Numbness and tingling in your arms and legs
  • Loss of fine motor coordination
  • Problems with swallowing
  • Memory loss
  • Dementia.
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MS and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, August 15th, 2011
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MS (multiple sclerosis) is a chronic, potentially disabling disease of your central nervous system. Your central nervous system is composed of your spinal cord and brain.

Researchers believe that MS is an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases are those in which your immune system for some unknown reason attacks the cells and tissues of your own body as if they were something foreign that is invading your body

In the case of MS, your autoimmune system mistakenly sends white blood cells and antibodies to attack the proteins in your myelin sheath. Your myelin sheath is a fatty substance that insulates nerve fibers in your spinal cord and brain. This results in inflammation and injury to your myelin sheath and ultimately to your nerves that your myelin sheath surrounds. This, in turn, may cause multiple areas of sclerosis (scarring). Eventually, this damage can slow or block your nerve signals that control your vision, muscle coordination, strength and sensation.

An estimated 300,000 people have MS in the United States and probably more than 1 million people around the world. Women are twice as likely as men to develop MS. Most people experience their first signs and symptoms between the ages of 20 and 40.

As stated earlier, MS is thought to be an autoimmune disease. Your autoimmune system mistakenly destroys the cells that make your myelin sheath. However, researchers do not know why your body’s immune system reacts like this.

 

Genetic factors may play a role in causing MS. Researchers also believe that a virus like a cold or flu may trigger episodes of your MS.

MS varies in severity and is unpredictable. MS can range anywhere from being relatively benign and mild, to a little disabling, to devastating with permanent disability.

The signs and symptoms that are produced by MS vary widely. They depend on where the nerve fibers are that are affected by the disease. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

 

  • Dizziness
  • Blurring of your vision or double vision
  • Fatigue
  • Pain or tingling in parts of your body
  • Partial or complete loss of vision
  • Electric-shock sensations that happen when you make certain head movements
  • Numbness or weakness in one or more of your limbs
  • An unsteady gait in your walking
  • Tremor or lack of coordination.

 

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Kahler’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Sunday, August 14th, 2011
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Cancer begins in your cells. Your cells are the basic building blocks of your body. Old cells die when they are supposed to, and new cells replace them as you need them if your body is working properly. However, your body may not work like it should. Old cells may not die like they ought to, and new cells are formed even though you do not need them.

 

A tumor (mass) can develop from these excess cells. These tumors are either benign or malignant. Benign tumors are not cancer. Malignant ones are.

 

Cancer is much larger than a single disease. It is a huge group of diseases. Cancer is marked by cells that are invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue), aggressive (they grow and divide without respect to normal limits) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other parts of your body).

 

Kahler’s disease is one of the many different forms of cancer. Kahler’s disease starts in the plasma cells in your bone marrow. These are a type of white blood cell that makes proteins that are called antibodies that assist you in fighting infection.

 

In Kahler’s disease, a group of abnormal (mutated) plasma cells that are known as myeloma cells multiply. This raises the number of abnormal proteins in your blood. This, in turn, can lead to problems with your red blood cell count, bones and kidneys and immune system.

 

There are over 20,000 new cases of Kahler’s disease that are diagnosed every year in the United States. The majority of the people who develop this disease are over 50 years of age. Men are affected by this disease more often than women.

 

The specific cause of Kahler’s disease is unknown. However, what is known is that this disease begins with one mutated plasma cell in your bone marrow.

 

You may not experience any signs and symptoms with Kahler’s disease in its early stages. Signs and symptoms may also vary from person to person. Possible signs and symptoms include:

 

  • A high level of calcium in your blood
  • Unintended weight loss
  • Unexplained fractures
  • An increased likelihood of infection
  • Back or bone pain
  • Constipation
  • Problems with bleeding
  • Excessive thirst and urination
  • Nausea
  • Mental confusion
  • Loss of appetite
  • Numbness or weakness in your legs
  • Symptoms of anemia like shortness of breath, tiredness and fatigue
  • Weakness or numbness in your legs.
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Microscopic Polyarteritis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Vasculitis is an encompassing term that is used to refer to a group of uncommon diseases that are evidenced by inflammation of your blood vessels. Vasculitis is characterized by inflammation in and damage to the walls of various blood vessels in your body.

The blood vessels of your body are what make up your vascular system. Your blood vessels are composed of arteries that transport oxygen-rich blood to your body’s tissues and veins that carry back oxygen-depleted blood from your tissues to your lungs for oxygen.

Each one of this group of diseases is marked by certain patterns of particular organ involvement, distribution of blood vessel involvement and laboratory test abnormalities. As a group, these diseases are known as vasculitides.

Microscopic polyarteritis is one of these types of vasculitis. However, it was not until 1944 that microscopic polyarteritis was recognized as a disease that is distinct from polyarteritis nodosa. Microscopic polyarteritis has also been confused with Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG), cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis and other diseases.

Microscopic polyarteritis is a form of vasculitis where there is inflammation of your small and medium vessel walls. This disease may affect many of the organ systems of your body. This includes, but is not limited to, your peripheral nervous system, skin, lungs and kidneys.

Microscopic polyarteritis may affect people regardless of gender, ethnic background or age. However, the ones who are most often affected by this disease are middle-aged white males or females.

At the present time, what causes microscopic polyarteritis is not known. However, researchers think that it is an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is one in which for some unknown reason your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body cells and tissues.

Because microscopic polyangiitis can affect so many of your body’s systems, there are many different signs and symptoms that you may have with microscopic polyarteritis. This is due to the fact that it can affect so many of your body’s systems. Possible signs and symptoms include:

  • Problems with your lungs
  • Fatigue
  • Skin lesions
  • Unintended weight loss
  • Fever
  • Irritation of your eyes
  • Inflammation of your kidneys
  • Muscle and joint pains and aches
  • Nerve damage
  • Malaise (general feeling of not being well).

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