Temporal Arteritis

Temporal Arteritis is also known as giant cell arteritis. This can be described as an inflammatory condition which primarily affects the medium-sized blood vessels.

These blood vessels are the ones which supply to the head, eyes and optic nerves. The disease in most circumstances affects people who are above the age of 60 years.

Women have the higher tendency to suffer from this disease when compared to men. This condition can definitely lead to defects of vision. This is because the blood flow to the optic nerve is generally obstructed. Timely attention must be given to the treatment of this condition; else it may also lead to permanent vision loss. This is because the retina and optic nerve are deprived of the oxygen supply because of this condition.

There are different clinical symptoms that may be associated with this condition headache, transient blurred vision, fever, drooping lid, double vision, etc. The treatment to this disease can be given through an oral steroid medication which helps in reducing the different inflammatory processes.

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