TEMPORARY ARTERITIS

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TEMPORARY ARTERITIS

Temporary arteritis

Inflammatory disease of the great arteries.

Frequently it is associated to the rheumatic polimialgia.

It affects the arteries of muscles; eyes and conjuntivo weave. The affectation of the temporary arteries is typical.

Sex and age

It is a disease that affects preferredly to women (4 of each five affected) usually from the fiftieth one.

Causes

Disease autoinmune with infiltrated inflammatory of the arteries, unknown cause.

Signs and symptoms

Something of fever.

Muscular affectation, mainly in trunk arms and legs:

Muscular rigidity,

Dolores, specially for the mornings.

Severe pulsating migraine (in one they sien generally).

Pulsating reddening, swelling and nodules throughout the temporary artery in a side of the head.

Loss of appetite.

Loss of vision.

Loss of force when chewing.

Hipersensibilidad of the hairy leather.

Factors of risk

Feminine sex.

Age superior to 60 years.

Prevention

It does not have.

Diagnosis and treatment

DIAGNOSIS:

File and physical examination by a doctor.

Analysis of blood (speed of sedimentation, white globule count and tests of anemia).

Biopsy of the temporary artery.

TREATMENT: General measures Aplique alongside painful heat of the head.

It can use hot compresas or a solar lamp.

Masajee carefully the back part of the neck and the sore muscles.

Medication

His doctor can prescribe:

High doses of corticoids until the acute phase finishes.

It alleviates the symptoms of spectacular form, altering the inflammation that causes them.

In the long treatments with corticoids, the minimum dose that controls the symptoms taken each two days reduces the complications of the treatment, although not always it is possible.

Single drugs inmunosupresoras- or with cortisone if the other treatments have failed.

These drugs imply additional risks, including generalized serious bacterial infections.

Activity

Without restrictions.

Diet

There is no a special diet.

Warn its medico if

It has symptoms of rheumatic polimialgia or temporary arteritis. It is an emergency.

It happens the following thing during the treatment:

Fever of 38şC.

They appear inexplicable new symptoms.

The drugs used in this treatment can produce indirect effect.

Complications

Without treatment:

Loss of the vision. If the blood vessels of the eye are affected, is an emergency.

Affectation of the glasses of the heart.

Accident to cerebrovascular.

Bad sanguineous circulation in arms and legs.

With treatment:

Drugs with corticoids can be needed during many months.

The complications of the long term cortisone are significant, including osteoporosis and peptic ulcer.

Prognosis

It is possible to be cured, although it exists the possibility of a relapse.

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