Temporal arteritis is an autoimmune condition in which the temporal arteries, which supply blood to the head and brain, become inflamed or damaged. Early medical care can prevent serious ...

Temporal arteritis, or giant cell arteritis, is a vascular condition that causes headaches and pain when the arteries in the head become inflamed. What causes it is unclear, but medical care is ...

Temporal arteritis, which can affect your aorta, can also leave you in danger of an aortic aneurysm, blindness, or a stroke. What Is the Long-Term Outlook for Polymyalgia Rheumatica?

If temporal arteritis has been diagnosed medication in a pill form, most commonly pregnosone, is administered. "I took this drug and all the pain went away," said Maas.

While only 10% to 15% or so of people with polymyalgia rheumatica will develop temporal arteritis, it's dangerous, sometimes overlooked and has a rare permanent complication that you've already ...

Q. I was diagnosed with temporal arteritis two years ago. I have been taking a steroid (prednisone) and methotrexate since then. I had a biopsy to confirm or deny the diagnosis, and it was negative.

Temporal-artery biopsy is recommended in all patients who are suspected of having giant-cell arteritis. The inflammatory involvement of affected arteries is often intermittent rather than continuous.

The symptoms of temporal arteritis are not nearly as confusing. They result from inflammation of the temporal arteries that feed blood to the head, and that’s nearly always where it hurts the most.

While only 10 per cent to 15 per cent or so of people with polymyalgia rheumatica will develop temporal arteritis, it’s dangerous, sometimes overlooked and has a rare permanent complication that ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four weeks they lowered the dosage.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four weeks ...

Giant cell arteritis, also called temporal arteritis, is a disease that causes your arteries -- blood vessels that carry oxygen from your heart to the rest of your body -- to become inflamed.