A corticosteroid can quickly relieve symptoms of both polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis. But a delay could cause vision loss, a stroke or even death. By Jane E. Brody Beth Uffner, an avid ...

Hypertension and its cause may be missed by failure to measure blood pressure in both arms. We report a case of Takayasu’s arteritis where diagnostic confusion arose because there was a failure to ...

What is Takayasu's arteritis? Vasculitis is an inflammation of blood vessels. Takayasu's arteritis is one form of vasculitis, in which chronic inflammation affects the walls of the aorta and other ...

A 65-year-old woman presented to her primary care physician with acute visual loss in the left eye. An ophthalmologist noted a cotton wool spot and she subsequently underwent testing, including ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in the older adult population. There are variable clinical presentations of this entity and no perfect diagnostic test, often making ...

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that pregnant women with Takayasu's arteritis, a type of large-vessel vasculitis, ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Temporal arteritis' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Arteritis' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

The positive opinion is based on results from the pivotal Phase 3 SELECT-GCA trial that evaluated the efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in adults with giant cell arteritis (GCA) 1 The primary ...

A 71-year-old woman presented with reduced vision in her right eye. She also reported having a headache, scalp tenderness and pain in her jaw when chewing. On funduscopy, multiple cotton-wool spots ...

One of the greatest risk factors for vision loss is old age. Sometimes, however, the body launches an unexpected attack on itself, compromising eyesight within a matter of days. One case report ...