1999 Overview of vasculitis diagnosis by AAP

http://www.aafp.org/afp/991001ap/1421.html

This article is dated by a decade, so the treatment protocols will need to be updated. However, the text remains a good overview for the general medical professional who needs to make the diagnosis.

It is also, in my opinion, a useful overview for the patient who is still in the "mystery diagnosis" phase of the vasculitis experience. Feel free to print this and share it withe your primary care physician, or specialist. Especially if any of the symptoms mentioned here seem familiar to your condition.

As always, DO NOT DIAGNOSE YOURSELF. A proper diagnosis requires the experience and training of a medical doctor with the resources for proper medical tests to identify these medical symptoms.

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