treatment
Last reviewed 01/2018
In general the treatment for vasculitis may be classified according to the size of the vessels affected:
- large vessel vasculitis:
- steroids
- medium vessel vasculitis:
- steriods
- cytotoxic agent e.g. cyclophosphamide
- small vessel vasculitis:
- ANCA-associated:
- crescentic glomerulonephritis:
- pulsed steroids
- cytotoxic agent
- plasma exchange if dialysis dependent
- other ANCA vasculitides:
- steroids
- cytotoxic agent
- anti-glomerular basement membrane disease:
- steroids
- cytotoxic agent
- plasma exchange
- immune complex disease:
- treatment depends on the cause