What are treatments for polyarteritis nordosa?

Strong drugs: Polyarteritis nodosa is a serious disease affecting blood vessels. They can be throughout the body and therefore can have effects on different organs, skin and other tissue. It is common with hepatitis, but can occur without that condition. Often it just appears. Treatment is usually drugs that directly effect the immune system, and need to be used under direction of a physician.

Polyarteritis nodosa: In pan damage is due to impaired blood supply to vital tissues as a result of inflammation of medium to small arteries . Goal of treatment is to reduce inflammation with Prednisone , and Cytoxan as main drugs. Other medications include methotrexate, Leflunomide and Rituxan (rituximab) . Problems due to pan need to be treated such as HTN , renal failure, seizures, stroke, bowel perforation , neuropathy etc.