Urticarial vasculitis is an autoimmune condition that causes itchy or painful hives. Some people may also develop inflammation in other organs, such as the kidneys or lungs. Vasculitis is a group ...

When I chose vasculitis as a subject for this space, little did I know that it is the overall term for roughly twenty relatively rare, autoimmune diseases. Hang on while I try to explain what it is, ...

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The FDA has approved AbbVie’s RINVOQ (upadacitinib) for the treatment of giant cell arteritis, making it the ninth approved indication for the drug. This also marks the first time an oral JAK ...

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A 34-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of left ear pain with hearing loss and facial droop on the left side.

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Even years later, patients whose symptoms were initially dismissed experience distrust and uncertainty with clinicians.

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The drug has been reported previously to cause neuropathy and hypersensitivity reactions in breast cancer patients.

A 7-year-old Arabic girl presented to the emergency department with acute vision loss in the left eye that began that morning ...