- Giant cell arteritis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Giant cell arteritis is an inflammation of the lining of your arteries Most often, it affects the arteries in your head, especially those in your temples For this reason, giant cell arteritis is sometimes called temporal arteritis Giant cell arteritis frequently causes headaches, scalp tenderness, jaw pain and vision problems
- Giant Cell Arteritis - Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center
GCA is a disease of older people The average age at onset is 72, and almost all people with the disease are over the age of 50 Women are afflicted with the disease 2 to 3 times more commonly than men The disease can occur in every racial group but is most common in people of Scandinavian descent
- GCA | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta - ScienceDirect
Journal of The Geochemical Society and The Meteoritical Society Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta publishes research papers in a wide range of subjects in terrestrial geochemistry, meteoritics, and planetary geochemistry The scope of the journal includes: 1) Physical chemistry of gases, aqueous …
- Clinical manifestations of giant cell arteritis - UpToDate
Giant cell arteritis (GCA, also known as temporal arteritis) is categorized as a vasculitis of large-sized vessels because it can involve the aorta and great vessels It also shares some histopathologic features with Takayasu arteritis, the other major "large vessel" (LV) vasculitis
- Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis): Signs Treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), previously known as temporal arteritis, is a form of vasculitis (inflammation of your blood vessels) It affects the large blood vessels in your body, particularly the arteries in your head, neck and arms These arteries become inflamed, swollen and constricted (narrowed)
- Giant cell arteritis - Wikipedia
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called temporal arteritis, is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of large blood vessels [4][7] Symptoms may include headache, pain over the temples, flu-like symptoms, double vision, and difficulty opening the mouth [3]
- What Is Giant Cell Arteritis? - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammation (swelling) of the arteries (the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart) When arteries swell, it reduces blood flow through these vessels GCA affects the arteries in the neck, upper body and arms It is also called cranial or temporal arteritis because it affects the head (cranium)
- Giant cell arteritis (GCA) | Causes, symptoms, treatments
What is giant cell arteritis (GCA)? Giant cell arteritis (or GCA) is a medical condition that can cause pain and swelling in blood vessels Blood vessels are tubes that carry blood around the body GCA affects arteries, which are the largest of the three types of blood vessels
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