Today we will focus on the prefix con-, which can mean âwithâ or âthoroughly.â Prefixes are morphemes which begin words, attaching to a wordâs main part, or stem. One highly used meaning of the prefix con-is âwith.â For instance, when you connect two objects, you link them âwith
Vasculitis is a general term that refers to inflammation of blood vessels. When blood vessels become inflamed, they may become weakened, stretch, and either increase in size or become narrow -- even to the point of closing entirely.asculitis can sometimes develop after an infection has come and gone. Usually in these cases, the infection triggers an abnormal response in the person's immune system, damaging the blood vessels. Vasculitis also may be related to other diseases of the immune system that the person has had for months or years.
Vasculitis is blood vessel inflammation that causes fever, pain, local tenderness and other evidence of blocked blood vessels. When a blood vessel becomes inflamed and narrowed, blood supply to that area can become partially or completely blocked, cutting off blood supply to the tissues beyond. Inflammation causes the vessel wall to swell. This makes blood stick to the inner wall to form a clot. When vasculitis interferes with circulation in any part of the body, it causes local tenderness and pain. If the blood vessels are close to the skin, characteristic rashes occur. Depending on where the blockage occurs, almost any organ in the body can be affected. (Note: Vasculopathy can also block blood vessels, but it does not cause the fever, pain and local tenderness associated with vasculitis. It may, however, cause pain if the parts that are no longer receiving a blood supply die â a circumstance called infarction.)