One of the most dangerous combined diseases of the skin and the vascular system of the body is allergic vasculitis , which causes permanent damage to the vascular wall as small capillaries and arteries in the subcutaneous vein, and deeper veins directly involved in the blood supply of internal organs.
Causes of allergic vasculitis
In most cases, a disease such as allergic vasculitis occurs as a result of an individual reaction to the effect of any medication. In such a case, vasculitis most often appears within 7-10 days of the first taking of a certain medical preparation, but in people with hypersensitivity it can also occur within a few days after taking one or another medication.
Inflammation of subcutaneous vessels can provoke and contact with such dangerous chemicals as insecticides, oil refining products, fertilizers, etc. In this case, there is a toxic-allergic vasculitis, which can quickly cause systemic disorders, therefore requires immediate treatment.
Well, the last cause of allergic skin vasculitis is infection of the body with various bacteria and viruses against weakened immunity or the presence of chronic foci of infection in the form of systemic diseases that require serious treatment with antibiotics. Infectious-allergic vasculitis as well as vasculitis, resulting from toxic damage to the body, requires urgent treatment, as it can cause serious complications until the necrosis of the tissues.
Symptoms of allergic vasculitis
Most often, allergic vasculitis manifests itself only in the form of external lesions of the skin and vessels, which include:
- dark purple or saturated red spots on the skin;
- pronounced rash, similar to hives ;
- red blisters and blisters;
- small ulcers located on the legs, buttocks and thighs.
In especially severe cases, vasculitis can take a systemic character and manifest itself not only by various lesions of the skin, but also by such phenomena as:
- pain in joints of unclear etiology;
- general weakness and persistent sensation of numbness in affected areas;
- an increase in various lymph nodes with subsequent inflammation;
- a sharp increase in body temperature;
- the occurrence of inflammation of the kidneys (in rare cases).
If you have the symptoms listed above, you should seek medical help without delay.
Treatment of allergic vasculitis
The most important point in the treatment of allergic skin vasculitis is to determine the causes that triggered its onset. To do this, it is very important to tell the doctor about all medicines taken during the last two weeks, as well as to undergo a series of tests and provide a complete picture of all chronic and infectious diseases suffered during life.
After the diagnosis for the treatment of allergic vasculitis
As a rule, at the initial stages, allergic vasculitis responds well enough and lasts for 1-2 weeks. In more severe or chronic course of the disease, it is also possible to achieve a stable remission with all the recommendations given by the doctor.