Mr R at the age of 50 dveloped these red spots in legs. Along with it fever was there and also had cough, breathlessness and joint pains. He was siffering from an illness called vascilitis.
What is vasculitis?
It an inflammation of vessels in the body. It can present with red dot like lesions over the body mainly legs.
It may also present with prolonged fever, cough, joint pains and breathlessness.
What are types of vasculitis?
It can be skin limited disease or systemic disease where other organs are also involved like kidney, lungs and heart.
Most of vasculitis cases can present to physician, dermatologist, pulmonologist, or nephrologist.
Vasculitis requires correct diagnosis and treatment with multiple speciality involvement. Timely diagnosis and treatment can be life saving.
