Diagnosing Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA): Key Steps You Need to Know! When a patient presents with symptoms like throbbing headache, jaw pain while chewing, scalp pain, blurry vision, and fever, what do you do? ✅ Five ACR Criteria for GCA: Age > 50 Years ESR > 50 mm/hr New-onset headache Temporal artery tenderness Temporal artery biopsy findings Diagnosis: You need 3 out of 5 criteria to make the call. First Lab Tests: ESR and CRP to confirm inflammation. 💉 Empiric Treatment: Start high-dose stero

Giant-cell arteritis causes headaches, vision loss, jaw claudication, and stroke, and it often relapses as glucocorticoids are tapered. New research findings are summarized in this short video. Full study: http://nej.md/2usNi1K Watch more Quick Take videos: http://nej.md/quick-take | The New England Journal of Medicine

Frontal lobe headache is when there is mild to severe pain in your forehead or temples. Most frontal lobe headaches result from stress. Almost everyone has had a headache at some point in life. A frontal lobe headache usually occurs from time to time and is called episodic. It is often due to tension, eyestrain, or sinus problems. Cluster headaches can also cause frontal head pain. Tension headaches are the most common type of headache and are usually felt as a band or across the forehead. They