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Patients with temporal arteritis may have a positive history of:<ref name="DasguptaBorg2010">{{cite journal|last1=Dasgupta|first1=B.|last2=Borg|first2=F. A.|last3=Hassan|first3=N.|last4=Alexander|first4=L.|last5=Barraclough|first5=K.|last6=Bourke|first6=B.|last7=Fulcher|first7=J.|last8=Hollywood|first8=J.|last9=Hutchings|first9=A.|last10=James|first10=P.|last11=Kyle|first11=V.|last12=Nott|first12=J.|last13=Power|first13=M.|last14=Samanta|first14=A.|title=BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis|journal=Rheumatology|volume=49|issue=8|year=2010|pages=1594–1597|issn=1462-0324|doi=10.1093/rheumatology/keq039a}}</ref><ref name="pmid11734678">{{cite journal| author=Bhatti MT, Tabandeh H| title=Giant cell arteritis: diagnosis and management. | journal=Curr Opin Ophthalmol | year= 2001 | volume= 12 | issue= 6 | pages= 393-9 | pmid=11734678 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11734678 }} </ref> | Patients with temporal arteritis may have a positive history of:<ref name="DasguptaBorg2010">{{cite journal|last1=Dasgupta|first1=B.|last2=Borg|first2=F. A.|last3=Hassan|first3=N.|last4=Alexander|first4=L.|last5=Barraclough|first5=K.|last6=Bourke|first6=B.|last7=Fulcher|first7=J.|last8=Hollywood|first8=J.|last9=Hutchings|first9=A.|last10=James|first10=P.|last11=Kyle|first11=V.|last12=Nott|first12=J.|last13=Power|first13=M.|last14=Samanta|first14=A.|title=BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis|journal=Rheumatology|volume=49|issue=8|year=2010|pages=1594–1597|issn=1462-0324|doi=10.1093/rheumatology/keq039a}}</ref><ref name="pmid11734678">{{cite journal| author=Bhatti MT, Tabandeh H| title=Giant cell arteritis: diagnosis and management. | journal=Curr Opin Ophthalmol | year= 2001 | volume= 12 | issue= 6 | pages= 393-9 | pmid=11734678 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11734678 }} </ref><ref name="KuoMcCluskey2016">{{cite journal|last1=Kuo|first1=Chih-Hung|last2=McCluskey|first2=Peter|last3=Fraser|first3=Clare L.|title=Chewing Gum Test for Jaw Claudication in Giant-Cell Arteritis|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=374|issue=18|year=2016|pages=1794–1795|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMc1511420}}</ref> | ||
*Visual symptoms | *Visual symptoms | ||
*Headache | *Headache | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]
Overview
The hallmark of temporal arteritis is a headache. The most common symptoms of temporal arteritis include headache, jaw claudication, and fatigue. Common symptoms of temporal arteritis include visual symptoms, jaw claudication, headache, fatigue, and neck, shoulder, pelvic girdle pain. Less common symptoms of temporal arteritis include limb claudication, TIA, stroke, facial pain, bleeding gums, mouth sores, and joint pains.
History and Symptoms
- This diagnosis should be considered in any patient over the age of 50 with the new onset of headache, particularly if the erythrocyte sedimentation rate is elevated.
- The hallmark of temporal arteritis is a headache. The most common symptoms of temporal arteritis include headache, jaw claudication, and fatigue.
History
Patients with temporal arteritis may have a positive history of:[1][2][3]
- Visual symptoms
- Headache
- Jaw claudication
- Fatigue
- Neck, shoulder, pelvic girdle pain
Common Symptoms
Patients present with:[52]65]
- Excessive sweating
- Fever
- General ill feeling
- Jaw pain that comes and goes or occurs when chewing
- Loss of appetite
- Muscle aches
- Pain and stiffness in the neck, upper arms, shoulder, and hips
- Throbbing headache on one side of the head or the back of the head
- Scalp sensitivity, tenderness when touching the scalp
- Vision difficulties
- Blurred vision
- Double vision
- Reduced vision (blindness in one or both eyes)
- Weakness, excessive tiredness
- Weight loss (more than 5% of total body weight)
Less Common Symptoms
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:
- Bleeding gums
- Face pain
- Hearing loss
- Joint stiffness
- Joint pain
- Mouth sores
References
- ↑ Dasgupta, B.; Borg, F. A.; Hassan, N.; Alexander, L.; Barraclough, K.; Bourke, B.; Fulcher, J.; Hollywood, J.; Hutchings, A.; James, P.; Kyle, V.; Nott, J.; Power, M.; Samanta, A. (2010). "BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis". Rheumatology. 49 (8): 1594–1597. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keq039a. ISSN 1462-0324.
- ↑ Bhatti MT, Tabandeh H (2001). "Giant cell arteritis: diagnosis and management". Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 12 (6): 393–9. PMID 11734678.
- ↑ Kuo, Chih-Hung; McCluskey, Peter; Fraser, Clare L. (2016). "Chewing Gum Test for Jaw Claudication in Giant-Cell Arteritis". New England Journal of Medicine. 374 (18): 1794–1795. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1511420. ISSN 0028-4793.