Patient Portal: Giant Cell Arteritis

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Identifier NOVEL-patient-information-portal-giant-cell-arteritis
Title Patient Portal: Giant Cell Arteritis
Creator Anne S. Abel, MD
Affiliation Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology and Visual; Neurosciences
Subject Giant cell arteritis
Description Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory condition that can cause vision loss, double vision, fever, new persistent headaches, scalp tenderness, and jaw pain with chewing. GCA is caused by inflammation of blood vessels, primarily in the head and neck. Sometimes called "temporal arteritis," GCA frequently affects blood vessels in the temples, causing headaches. GCA can affect other blood vessels in the body, and in severe cases, cause heart attack or stroke. GCA almost exclusively affects people older than the age of 50. The average age of onset is 70 years. GCA affects both men and women and can occur in any race or ethnicity. The cause of GCA is unknown.
Date 2023-10
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Relation is Part of NANOS Patient Brochures for Patients; NOVEL Patient Portal
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2023. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_novel
ID 2363081
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gsvdgc
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