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Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Apr 1 8:19pm | Replies (342)
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It is my understanding with temporal, you have pain in your temples, headaches jaw pain,and other aches. For GCA, I had no symptoms and it just means that the cells are large. My GCA was discovered during surgery and before that I was totally unaware I had anything. John Bishop can probably explain this better.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Nov 20, 2019

The Mayo site says Temporal Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis are basically 2 different names for the same condition. I think what's confusing for the layman (me being one of them!) is that we patients say wait...with one you have pain in your temples - it's not the same.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/giant-cell-arteritis/symptoms-causes/syc-20372758

For my PMR the doctor monitors my sed rate and CRP which I believe are indicators but may need a doctor to interpret.

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