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Aortic Aneurysms Caused By GCA

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 8 5:42pm | Replies (9)

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thank you for posting about this situation. I too had the same concerns that I might have some GCA occurring in my coronary arteries, silently without the unmissable headache. I remember asking what kind of checking we would do over longer term (months years) and got blank stares. In defense of the medical people, I think they were more concerned about getting my GCA into remission status which is where I currently am. As far as I am aware an aortic aneurysm might occur without symptoms so the
wait-to-see if there are symptoms isn’t a logical approach. Thanks to all for contributing to this thread.

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That is what concerns me. It seems like the common posture of the doctors is to WAIT until something happens rather than periodically take a preventative testing protocol.
I do not like the blank stares