A Study of a Rare Case Report of Childhood Takayasu's Arteritis in a Tertiary Care Hospital (original) (raw)

2021, International journal of scientific research

INTRODUCTION: Takayasu's arteritis is a type of vasculitis disorder-a group of rare disorders-that causes inammation of large blood vessels, which in turn causes restriction of blood ow and ultimately damage to the vital organs and tissues. The disease commonly affects aorta and its main 1 branches. It can be divided into 6 types, based on angiographic 2 involvement.~20% patients usually have a monophasic, self-limited disease, while in most other patients, the disease is either progressive 3,4,5 or relapsing/remitting and needs immunosuppressive treatment. The disease is usually divided into 2 phases: Systemic phase: in this phase, signs and symptoms of active inammatory illness are seen. This includes constitutional symptomsfever, fatigue, weight loss, nonspecic aches and pains, etc. ESR is usually increased in this phase. Occlusive phase: This phase follows the systemic phase. During this time patients experience symptoms caused by narrowing of the affected arteries-may include claudication, dizziness on standing up, visual disturbances, headaches. Peripheral pulses may not be palpable at this time, and auscultation of great vessels may lead to detection of bruits.