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Khan Academy: Churg Strauss Syndrome

9th - 10th
Churg-Strauss syndrome (also known as eosinophilic granulomatosis) is a type of vasculitis that affects small and medium blood vessels. Symptoms of this disease are similar to seasonal allergies, such as runny nose, cough, and sneezing....
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Khan Academy: Buerger Disease

9th - 10th
Buerger Disease (also known as the thromboangiitis obliterans) is a type of vasculitis that affects small and medium blood vessels and has been linked strongly to smoking. Buergers disease is characterized by poor blood flow through...
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Khan Academy: Kawasaki Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment

9th - 10th
Kawasaki disease is diagnosed off the presence of symptoms rather than the results of tests. Symptoms include: conjunctivitis, rash, adenopathy, strawberry tongue, and rash on palms and soles of hands and feet. Four of these symptoms...
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Khan Academy: What Is Kawasaki Disease?

9th - 10th
Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a type of vasculitis that affects medium arteries. Patients with Kawasaki disease can have symptoms like rashes on the palms of hands, soles of feet, and a tongue rash...
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Khan Academy: Polyarteritis Nodosa

9th - 10th
Polyarteritis Nodosa is a type of of vasculitis that affects small and medium arteries and leads to significant narrowing of vasculature. Patients with polyarteritis nodosa can have symptoms like bloody diarrhea, skin lesions, and...
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Khan Academy: Takayasu Arteritis

9th - 10th
Takayasu Arteritis (also known as pulseless disease) is a type of vasculitis that affects large arteries and leads to significant narrowing of the vasculature. Patients with Takayasu arteritis can have symptoms like weak or absent pulses...
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Khan Academy: Temporal Arteritis

9th - 10th
Temporal Arteritis (otherwise known as giant-cell arteritis) is a type of vasculitis that affects medium to large arteries in the head. Patients with temporal arteritis can have symptoms like migraines and sudden vision problems. Learn...
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Khan Academy: What Is Vasculitis?

9th - 10th
Vasculitis is a group of medical conditions which cause damage to the blood vessels through inflammation. Depending on which blood vessels are affected, vasculitis can be classified as large vessel, medium vessel, or small vessel...
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Khan Academy: Henoch Schonlein Purpura

9th - 10th
Henoch-Schonlein (also known as anaphylactorial purpura) is a type of vasculitis that affects small blood vessels and characterized by elevated immunoglobulin A (lgA). Symptoms of this disease include skin legions, joint pain, blood in...
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Khan Academy: Takayasu Arteritis

9th - 10th
Takayasu arteritis (also known as the pulseless disease) is a type of vasculitis that affects large arteries and leads to a significant narrowing of the vasculature. Patients with Takayasu arteritis can have symptoms like weak or absent...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Temporal Arteritis

9th - 10th
Temporal arteritis (otherwise known as giant-cell arteritis) is a type of vasculitis that affects medium to large arteries in the head. Patients with temporal arteritis can have symptoms like migraines and sudden vision problems. Learn...