In some diseases, arteries become inflamed. The inflammation can result in narrowing of the opening (bore or lumen) of the vessels. The medical term for inflammation of the artery is arteritis. If the inflammation persists, the vessel may become permanently scarred and narrow. There are many different types of arteritis. Although each type has different symptoms and can affect different arteries, the primary goal of treatment is to reduce the inflammation and prevent scarring of the arteries.Typically, arteritis is part of a generalized illness with disease in other organs.Examples of arteritis are the following:Takayasu’s diseaseTemporal arteritisBuerger’s diseasePolyarteritis nodosaTakayasu’s Disease. This is also called “pulseless disease,” because some pulses usually present are absent. Takayasu’s disease is rare and occurs mostly in women younger than 40 years. It occurs in women nine times more often than in men. It is an inflammatory process that most commonly produces marked thickening of the aorta and its main branches, eventually blocking the major branches of the arteries. The blockage reduces the pulse downstream, for example, at the wrist if the artery to the arm is involved.*200\252\8*