The average life expectancy may be shortened by 3 to 7 years with this disease. Factors contributing to death may be infection, gastrointestinal bleeding , and drug side effects. It can lead to skin ulcerations, bleeding intestinal ulcers and neuropathies. Skin rashes , Raynaud's phenomenon , and massive hemorrhage may also result from vasculitis. Severe disability sometimes results and some infections are more prevalent.
Medications sometimes cause gastrointestinal bleeding.
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