I-Vasculitis ukuvuvukala kwemithambo yegazi emzimbeni okungathinta imithambo yegazi emincane kakhulu (ama-capillaries) noma imithambo yegazi emikhulu njenge-aorta (umthambo oyinhloko othutha igazi elinomoya-mpilo lisuka enhliziyweni liye kuwo wonke umzimba). Imbangela eqondile ayaziwa; nokho, kucatshangwa ukuthi isimiso somzimba sokuzivikela esingasebenzi kahle sidlala indima ebalulekile.
Izimpawu ezivamile zifaka phakathi ukuqubuka kwesikhumba, ubuthakathaka, ukukhathala, umkhuhlane, izinhlungu zamalunga, ubuhlungu besisu, izinkinga zezinso, izinkinga zemizwa, ukukhwehlela, kanye/noma ukuphelelwa umoya. Ukuxilongwa kwenziwa ngokusebenzisa ukuhlolwa okuphelele ngokomzimba, umlando wezokwelapha wesiguli, izimpawu zamanje, kanye nemiphumela yokuhlolwa okukhethekile njengokuhlolwa kwegazi, ukuhlolwa kwezithombe, i-angiography (ama-X-ray emithambo yegazi), kanye ne-biopsies.
Ukwelashwa kuhlose ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala kanye nokwelapha noma yiziphi izimo ezingaphansi ezingase zibangele i-vasculitis. Kungafaka phakathi imithi yokulwa nokuvuvukala njenge-corticosteroids. Kungadingeka ukuhlinzwa ukuze kwelashwe izinkinga ezihlobene ne-vasculitis, njenge-aneurysms (ukuvuvukala okungavamile odongeni lwemithambo yegazi), kanye nokubuyisela ukugeleza kwegazi uma imithambo yegazi ivinjiwe.
UNkk. Rinku Mitra waseWest Bengal uthole ukwelashwa kweVasculitis ngempumelelo ezibhedlela zaseYashoda, eHyderabad, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaDkt. K. Seshi Kiran, uDokotela Onguchwepheshe.