A primary aim of several ongoing new studies in vasculitis is to find drugs that help maintain remissions. Leg ulcers occurring secondary to vasculitis associated with relapsing polychondritis. Click image to enlarge. Most forms of vasculitis are treatable if detected early enough, before substantial organ damage has occurred. While often effective, however, the treatments remain imperfect, and require improvement.
Further research is needed in all forms of vasculitis.
Greater knowledge of these diseases will lead to better treatments and, some day, to cures. Click image to enlarge. Vasculitis is not contagious. Despite the fact that infections probably play a role in many forms of vasculitis, one cannot acquire vasculitis from contact with a vasculitis patient. In addition, despite the fact that genes probably play a role in susceptibility to some forms of vasculitis, it is unusual for vasculitis to occur in more than one member of the same family.