"Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels, which includes veins, arteries and capillaries. Also called angiitis, vasculitis causes changes in the walls of blood vessels, such as thickening, weakening, narrowing, and scarring. Types of vasulitis are:
*Behcet's syndrome *Buerger's disease *Churg Strauss syndrome
*Cryoglobulinemia *Giant cell arteritis *Henoch-Schonlein purpura
*Hypersensitivity *Microscopic polyangiitis *Polyarteritis Nodosa
*Polymayalgia Rhuematica *Rheumatoid vasculitis
*Takayasu's arteritis *Wegener's granulomatosis