Vasculitis

Symptoms

Symptoms of vasculitis can be non-specific and this can be why vasculitis may be difficult to diagnose in some cases. General symptoms include general tiredness, loss of appetite, weight loss and fevers. More specific symptoms include bleeding from the nose, excessive nasal crusting, sinus pains, collapse of the nasal bridge in advanced cases, cough, coughing up blood, breathlessness, rashes, joint pains, numbness and tingling in the hands or feet.  Vasculitis may also affect the kidneys, but this may often go undetected until the kidney damage is quite advanced. Involvement of the kidney carries a worse outlook.