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What is the prognosis for a patient with temporal arteritis?
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The outlook for most patients with temporal arteritis is good, especially if the disorder is diagnosed early. Symptoms often diminish within a month once patients begin to take steroids. Although physicians do not talk about a "cure" for.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoMost patients die within two to 10 years after diagnosis, with median survival at three years from diagnosis and six years after symptom inception. Death is usually due to infection or from body system failure.
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What are the symptoms of temporal arteritis?
Temporal Arteritis is an uncommon inflammatory disease, that can be very serious. Headache, changes in vision and jaw pain can be symptoms of Temporal Arteritis.
Can Temporal Arteritis kill you?
Yes, Temporal Arteritis can kill you by causing a heart attack.
What is Temporal arteritis also called?
It is also known as giant cell arteritis
What has the author Louis A Healey written?
Louis A. Healey has written: 'The systemic manifestations of temporal arteritis' -- subject(s): Complications, Giant cell arteritis, Ocular manifestations of general diseases, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Temporal arteritis
What population groups tend to get temporal arteritis?
Temporal arteritis almost always occurs in people over 50, and it becomes more common as people age. About 20 out of 100,000 people over the age of 50 suffer from temporal arteritis. Women are affected twice as often as men.
What are the characteristics of temporal arteritis?
Patients with temporal arteritis are diagnosed and overlap with a broader disorder called giant cell arteritis. This can affect parts of the body in addition to the scalp, eyes, and jaw. Sometimes the disease can cause restricted circulation.
Why does top of head hurt when touched?
Temporal arteritis is a condition that can cause tender spots on the head. Temporal arteritis is inflammation of the vessels that supply blood to the neck and head region.
What is the medical condition giant cell arteritis?
Also called temporal arteritis. A condition which causes the inflammation of temporal arteries. It can cause blindness when the inflammation effects the ophthalmic artery.
Swollen temples are a sign of what?
Swollen temples could be a sign of temporal arteritis (also called cranial or giant cell arteritis) which is an inflammation of the temporal artery (which runs over the temple, beside the eye).
What is the prognosis for temporal arteritis?
The effects of temporal arteritis may range from fatal, to serious, to mild and self-limiting. Immediate treatment with corticosteroids often produces relief of symptoms and can help with temporary visual impairment. Many patients are able to slowly wean off their medication after a period of about 1-2 years. Temporal arteritis is currently thought to be the result of autoimmune disease and as such, patients may find they suffer recurrent flares of disease activity necessitating continual therapy to control their immune system. The condition may return again if treatment is discontinued. Visual impairment which is not treated immediately is often permanent. Temporal arteritis is often misdiagnosed as Migraine. For appropriate diagnosis, treatment and prevention of headache disorders, seek the help of a board certified headache specialist.
What is youngest age of person with Temporal Arteritis?
Temporal Arteritis is an autoimmune disease that is most commonly found in people over the age of 50. However, there are sometimes patients found to have TA at much younger ages, especially when other autoimmune diseases are present. Since not all patients are recorded and only recently so, it's impossible to say who was/is the youngest patient with TA.
What specialist kind of Dr should you see if you have temporal arteritis?
neurosurgeon or cardiovascular surgeon
