Takayasus Arteritis

Posted by brandyruby1234 @brandyruby1234, Jan 19 2:45pm

Anyone on this group have Takayasus Arteritis?
I’m just wondering if anyone has become anemic
From this disease

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jeff97 | @jeff97 | Jan 20 1:06pm

I have Giant Cell Arteritis, and I was anemic when I was diagnosed. I was retested a couple of months ago after 5 months of treatment, and my numbers all looked good.

John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jan 20 2:11pm

Hello @brandyruby1234, I would like to add my welcome along with @jeff97 and others. There are few members who have posted in other discussions on Takayasus Arteritis. Here's a link that shows the discussions and comments - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=Takayasus+Arteritis.

While you wait for others to respond, here are a couple of research articles I found if you haven't already seen them.
-- Anemia in patients with Takayasu arteritis: prevalence, clinical features, and treatment:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6790956/
-- Anaemia can be improved by controlling the disease activity of Takayasu's arteritis without iron administration: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36117441/

jeff97 | @jeff97 | Jan 20 4:02pm

An interesting side note related to your question - I was watching a video about GCA from 6 years ago, and it mentioned that having anemia at the time of diagnosis for GCA was one of the predictors for relapse, along with fever greater than 38 C and severe inflammation with the biopsy. Things might be different now with the use of the biologic medications.