Temporal Arteritis also called as cranial or giant cell Arteritis nearly one quarter million people suffer from this disease in USA. It is almost non-existent in people of 50 years of age untreated cases f TA can lead to serious conditions including aneurysm strokes and even death.
TA is a condition and which the blood supply to head becomes impaired with eventual inflammation or damage to brain TA. Although usually occurs in TA it can also occur in medium and large arteries exact cause is not known it may be an auto immune signs of TA are double vision weakness sudden and permanent loss of vision of one ETE fatigue loss of appetite jaw pain occurs while chewing fever unintentional weight loss shoulder and hip pain with stiffness tenderness in the scalp and temples raised ESR tender tortuous t artery with beaded appearance latitudinal field loss retinal field loss pale odematous…
