What is Takayasu's arteritis?

Takayasu's Arteritis is a rare, chronic, inflammatory disease primarily of the aorta and its branches. It is occasionally called "pulseless disease" because there is difficulty in detecting peripheral pulses that sometimes occurs as a result of the vascular narrowing.

How do members experience Takayasu's arteritis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Takayasu's arteritis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Takayasu's arteritis*

Who has Takayasu's arteritis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 21
40s 13
50s 15
60s 6
70+ 6

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 7
Female 65