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Inflammation or swelling of the blood vessels is called vasculitis or angiitis. Inflammation can cause thickening and weakening the blood vessel walls and can narrow the lumen, which results in reduced blood flow and organ damage. Other symptoms include fever, headache, night sweats, rash, numbness in the limbs, and body pain. Some of the types of vasculitis are Behcet’s disease, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Buerger’s disease, giant cell arteritis, Kawasaki disease, cryoglobulinemia, and granulomatosis. Depending on the type, severity, and age of the person, the treatment options are steroids and cytotoxic drugs.