Clinical symptoms of Takayasu arteritis?

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The treatment of Takayasu arteritis has always been a headache for us. Many people in the treatment of Takayasu arteritis, feel that the effect is not as good as before, this is because we in the treatment, did not appear according to some obvious symptoms of our body treatment. So, what are the clinical symptoms of Takayasu arteritis? Let's talk about it

Clinical symptoms of Takayasu arteritis?

Nodular polyarteritis has irregular fever, headache, fatigue, body discomfort, sweating, weight loss, muscle pain, acromegaly pain, abdominal pain, joint pain, etc. Multiple organ systems can be involved: kidney, bone, muscle, nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, skin, heart, reproductive system, etc. lung involvement is rare.

Kidney: according to the autopsy material statistics, nodular polyarteritis kidney involvement is the most common. Acute renal failure is the result of multiple renal infarction, which can lead to renal malignant hypertension. The acute stage of the disease can have oliguria and urinary incontinence, and it can also occur several months or years later. At present, patients with glomerulonephritis are classified as microangiitis. Renal angiography often shows multiple small aneurysms and infarcts. Unilateral or bilateral ureteral stricture occurs due to periureteral vasculitis and secondary fibrosis.

Bone, muscle: about half of the patients have joint pain, a few can show obvious changes in arthritis. About 1 / 3 of the patients had constant muscle pain due to vascular involvement of skeletal muscle, especially gastrocnemius. Nervous system: peripheral nerve involvement is more common than central nerve involvement, accounting for about 60%. The manifestations were multiple mononeuritis or / and polyneuritis, peripheral neuritis. The clinical manifestation depends on the location and extent of cerebral vasculitis. It can be manifested as diffuse or localized unilateral or multiple brain and brainstem dysfunction, convulsion, disturbance of consciousness, cerebrovascular accident, etc.

matters needing attention

Avoid fat, sweet, thick, raw, cold, spicy products, so as not to hurt the spleen. Eat less refined sugar, white flour, pickled food, cattle, sheep, pork and saturated fat food; Try not to eat seafood (fish, shrimp, crab) and other food that is easy to cause allergy; Avoid spicy food (onion, ginger, garlic, etc.); Eat less greasy food; Don't eat too much; Do not eat or eat less celery, day lily, mushrooms and other food to enhance light sensitivity or promote immune function.