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vasculitis leg ulcers

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Hello my online friends! Does anyone have any reliable information about how often people who have vasculitis get leg ulcers? Is this quite common or a rare complication? I did see some pictures of vasculitis leg ulcers on the web, and this made me wonder. Replies will be gratefully received :-).

by User avatar norbert890145702

vasculitis lower legs

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Hi, guys. My husband obviously has some problem with his legs. There is some form of rash and I am not sure that those are plain circulation problems. Doctors suspect on vasculitis which I don’t know much about. I was hoping to find out some more info here. Can anyone help? I will appreciate.

by User avatar bartholomeo1792144188

polymyositis skin rash

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Hi, folks. My mother was diagnosed with polymyositis few weeks ago. However, since yesterday, she has begun developing a skin rash. Does this mean that she has dermatomyositis? Will this change her treatment options somehow? What should we do? I will appreciate any kind of advice. Thank you in...

by User avatar sonnie1254143302

autoimmune hepatitis type 3

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I have decided to join this board and start this thread as a measure of desperation, really. I have just been informed that I have autoimmune hepatitis type 3, after a long journey involving many health complaints and problems. The question is, where do I go from here? Are there any others in the...

by User avatar hermon1178144675

mechanisms of disease pathogenesis of crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

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Hello. My father has been recently hospitalized due to some bowel problems. After some tests, it seems he has crohn’s disease. I know that this together with ulcerative colitis belongs to a group of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). I would like to know their mechanisms of pathogenesis. Does...

by User avatar gustave387143303

polymyositis and massage

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Hi, guys. I was diagnosed with polymyositis few months ago. I feel constant ache lately and I really wouldn’t like to fill with pills and similar. That is why I would like to take a massage, but I am not sure whether I am allowed to do that or not. Can someone help me with this? I would be...

by User avatar jeddy593143774

vasculitis granulomatosa

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I hope I have come to the right place in looking for information about vasculitis granulomatosa? My brother was diagnosed and I need to find out exactly what it is that he has. As it is, we are no longer on speaking terms and I heard about the vasculitis granulomatosa from my dad, so I am not able...

by User avatar griffin507143772

urticarial vasculitis symptoms

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My friend has been diagnosed with urticarial vasculitis. I haven’t seen him lately, so I really don’t know what kind of symptoms he felt when he went to see a doctor. I must admit that I have never heard about this disease either. Can someone help me with this? I will appreciate all your...

by User avatar aland1182143423

celiac calcium absorption

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Hi, guys. My friend was accidentally discovered with low blood calcium. Doctors ordered some tests and tried to find out what caused this. At the end, it seems it is caused by celiac disease. I would like to know how this disease causes bad calcium absorption. Thank you in advance. Thank you in...

by User avatar jermain1338143491

is lupus sun allergy

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Hi, guys. My mother had some more intense sun exposure. After awhile, she developed a skin rash on her face that looks like butterfly. Her doctor says that it is probably lupus. I don’t know anything about lupus, so any piece of info will be more than welcomed. What is it? Is it a sun allergy?...

by User avatar rabi402143775