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Arteritis

Arteritis: Introduction

Arteritis: Inflammation of an artery. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Arteritis is available below.

Symptoms of Arteritis

• Fever
• Weight loss
• Fatigue
• Weight loss
• Diffuse aches and pain
• more symptoms...»

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Treatments for Arteritis

• Corticosteroids
• Immunosuppressants
• more treatments...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Arteritis:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Arteritis?

• Misdiagnosis of Arteritis
• Failure to diagnose Arteritis
• Hidden causes of Arteritis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Arteritis

Arteritis: Related Patient Stories

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• Vasculitis or what???
• Can this be vasculitis?
• Anyone with vasculitis that has the same weird symptoms as mine?
• Vasculitis and effects of Predisone use
• Castatrophic Vasculitis and no diagnosis.
• Vasculitis caused by Allopurinol

Types of Arteritis

• Temporal arteritis
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• more types...»

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Arteritis: Complications

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Causes of Arteritis

• Autoimmune disease
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Arteritis:

• Underlying causes of Arteritis

Disease Topics Related To Arteritis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Arteritis:

• Takayasu disease
• Takayasu's disease
• Nonspecific aortoarteritis
• Pulseless disease
• Aortic arch syndrome
• Granulomatous vasculitis
• more related diseases...»

Arteritis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Arteritis

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the ...read more »

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Arteritis: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

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• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Arteritis

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Arteritis:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Arteritis, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Arteritis: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Arteritis: Animations

More Arteritis animations & videos

Research about Arteritis

Visit our research pages for current research about Arteritis treatments.

Clinical Trials for Arteritis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Arteritis include:

• Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Life Threatening Autoimmune Diseases - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - anti-thymocyte globulin,cyclophosphamide,cyclosporine,filgrastim,methylprednisolone,prednisone
• Sensitivity and Specificity of Color Doppler Directed Temporal Artery Biopsy as Compared to Standard Random Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Temporal Arteritis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Determining Disease Activity Biomarkers in Individuals With Giant Cell Arteritis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Phase II Randomized Study of Glucocorticoids With or Without Methotrexate for Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - methotrexate,prednisone
• HECTHOR: Humira to Spare Steroids in Giant Cell Arteritis - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - adalimumab
• more trials...»

See full list of 16 Clinical Trials for Arteritis

Arteritis: Broader Related Topics

• Artery conditions
• Blood vessel conditions
• Circulatory system conditions
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• more types...»

Types of Arteritis

Arteritis Message Boards

Related forums and medical stories:

• Vascular Conditions (54)
  • Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome
  • Passing Out Cold
  • Anyone here with this condition?
  • Not Sure About Diagnosis
  • Supplements...poor circulation?
  • More user stories

User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Arteritis, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Arteritis:

Inflammation of a blood vessel. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Inflammation of an artery - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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