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GCA is for Giant Cell Arteritis. I would highly recommend seeing a rheumatologist for vision change...
GCA is for Giant Cell Arteritis. ... recommend seeing a rheumatologist for vision ... husband had PMR and later developed GCA ... I hope you don’t have or get GCA.
Posted: Mar 20, 2024
According to the following link: "About 10 percent of people with polymyalgia rheumatica have giant cell...
untreated, 15%‐20% of patients experience vision ... loss; however, the rate of vision loss ... patients with visual symptoms due to GCA ... , approximately 20% have vision loss ... still case reports of people having vision
Posted: Mar 9, 2024
Hello @aewin, Welcome to Connect. You are not alone when it comes to being concerned about...
it comes to being concerned about GCA ... temples or scalp and if I had any vision ... which could indicate that I also had GCA ... was fortunate that I did not have GCA ... don't have any experience with GCA
Discussion: GCA conserns
Posted: Nov 27, 2023
After reading all of your posts, and so many others on this forum, I have started...
I have started to wonder if I had GCA ... Around the same time, I noticed the vision ... no one made any mention of possible GCA ... posts by other forum members that GCA
Posted: Nov 22, 2023
I have just started Actemra in conjunction with 6mg of prednisone for GCA. I previously had...
conjunction with 6mg of prednisone for GCA ... I had been warned about GCA but forgot ... jaw claudication and then double vision ... 15 months later on my journey with GCA
@hopeinal I haven't experienced this with my occurrences of PMR but I think it could be...
it could be Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... ) which can cause vision loss if not ... read here: --- PMR progressing to GCA ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-progressing-to-gca-broken-vessels-in-eye
Discussion: PMR - Red Eyes?
Posted: Aug 21, 2023
I actually had a headache and blurry vision at the beginning of my prednisone treatment. Once...
actually had a headache and blurry vision ... headaches subsided, but the blurry vision ... by my ophthalmologist that blurry vision ... difficult to differentiate between GCA
@5333 and @emo Oh my goodness! Yes! @johnbishop is so right. You must hasten to a...
My GCA began with extreme fatigue and ... By that time, I'd lost the vision ... so very important, especially since GCA ... , which he told me often goes with GCA
That does sound troubling. I’m sorry this is happening to you. My family has definitely also...
holiday… The month-long headache and vision ... with there being such a high risk of GCA ... never got confirmation on if he had GCA ... The hospital said it wasn’t GCA, but ... and/or the vision changes.
Hi @bren2023 - So sorry you’re dealing with this and you’ve seen multiple doctors now who...
GCA, which occurs frequently with PMR ... Higher doses are used for GCA or if ... much more dangerous (could lose your vision
I was diagnosed recently with GCA. My Rheumatologist started me on 60 mg of Prednisone tapering...
I was diagnosed recently with GCA. ... ;ve been having headaches and some vision ... changes but the vision could be due ... anyone had the biopsy performed for GCA
My inflammation markers (ESD and CRP) are both low normal (EDD = 4 mm/hr and CRP...
was diagnosed with PMR and possible GCA ... to the Actemra trials for treating GCA ... my forehead, and experienced double vision
Posted: Apr 10, 2023
Here's my understanding of what I will be dealing with in terms of the payment schemes...
prescription for Actemra to treat GCA ... for Actemra based on a diagnosis for GCA ... combination of PMR and non-cranial GCA ... headache behind my eyes - double vision ... GCA only indicated by blood markers
PMR often coexists with GCA. I have not been able to find another person with GCA...
PMR often coexists with GCA. ... been able to find another person with GCA ... GCA stands for giant cell arteritis. ... Started 3 years ago with vision loss ... They did a biopsy and confirmed GCA.