Patient's question:
Your friend's wife has developed polyarteritis nodosa, and she doesn't know what caused this disease. Now, she needs to decide whether to have surgery or take medication. Does she need to be hospitalized? Many questions about polyarteritis nodosa.Doctor's answer:
Nodules are commonly observed, typically 0.5-1.0 cm in size, solid, single or multiple, arranged along superficial surface arteries or irregularly clustered near blood vessels. They exhibit a red rose, bright red, or normal skin color, are freely mobile or adherent to the skin, soft, and may form pustular centers of nodules. The margins are not elevated, and they are often accompanied by reticular telangiectasia, vesicles, bullae, and purpura.They occur on both sides of the lower legs, forearms, trunk, face, scalp, and earlobes, but are asymmetric. The lesions can also be polymorphic. Generally, there are no systemic symptoms, or they may be accompanied by discomfort such as fever, joint pain, and muscle pain. It is an intermittent, benign process.