What is hypersensitivity vasculitis?

Hypersensitivity vasculitis, a form of small vessel vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels), may present as a skin disease only or it may include skin and involvement of other organs. Hypersensitivity vasculitis may be acute and self-limited or chronic.

How do members experience hypersensitivity vasculitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with hypersensitivity vasculitis*

*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 hypersensitivity vasculitis*

Who has hypersensitivity vasculitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 4
30s 9
40s 9
50s 16
60s 9
70+ 7

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 9
Female 44

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What is hypersensitivity vasculitis?

Hypersensitivity vasculitis, a form of small vessel vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels), may present as a skin disease only or it may include skin and involvement of other organs. Hypersensitivity vasculitis may be acute and self-limited or chronic.



Common symptoms reported by people with hypersensitivity vasculitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

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.
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Treatments taken by people for hypersensitivity vasculitis

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Compare treatments taken by people with hypersensitivity vasculitis

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have hypersensitivity vasculitis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with hypersensitivity vasculitis? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has hypersensitivity vasculitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 18 say hypersensitivity vasculitis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 4
30s 9
40s 9
50s 16
60s 9
70+ 7
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 2
20-29 years 10
30-39 years 6
40-49 years 4
50-59 years 4
60-69 years 1
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 9
Female 44

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 33
Not Diagnosed 3

These charts show data from hypersensitivity vasculitis patients who have completed their condition history
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