autoimmune
Giant cell arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called temporal arteritis, is an disease of large blood . It is the most common type of vasculitis affecting adults. Symptoms may include headache, pain over the temples, flu-like symptoms, double vision, and difficulty opening the mouth. can include blockage of the to the eye with resulting blindness, as well as dissection, and aortic . GCA is frequently associated with polymyalgia rheumatica.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Headache, pain over the temples, flu-like symptoms, double vision, difficulty opening the mouth
Causes — why it happens
- · of the small blood within the walls of larger
How it's found
- ·Based on symptoms and blood tests, confirmed by of the temporal
Treatment
- ·, bisphosphonates, proton-pump inhibitor
Complications
- ·Blindness, dissection, aortic , polymyalgia rheumatica
Outlook
- ·Life expectancy (typically normal)
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