Appointment prep
Prepare for a Takayasu arteritis evaluation
Fatigue, arm/leg claudication, absent pulses, and high blood pressure differences in young women are often dismissed as anxiety or poor fitness. Medvo helps you document the large-vessel vasculitis pattern and request vascular imaging and rheumatology referral — framed as evaluation, never diagnosis.
Symptoms patients describe
- · Arm or leg pain with use (claudication), cold extremities
- · Absent or weak pulses, blood pressure differences between arms
- · Fatigue, fevers, weight loss, headaches, bruits
Tests & referrals to request
Framed as evaluation — your clinician decides what is appropriate.
- · Vascular imaging (MRA, CTA, or ultrasound of large vessels)
- · Referral to rheumatologist or vascular specialist experienced in large-vessel vasculitis
- · Inflammatory markers and monitoring for complications like aneurysms
If you've been dismissed
- · Symptoms dismissed as 'poor circulation' or anxiety in young patients
- · No imaging despite pulse deficits or blood pressure asymmetry