Now cases have proven that it can last for years and can go into remission and have exacerbations. PTC was originally thought only to be in overweight women. Cases have now proven that it is also present in normal weight individuals as well as males. Since the nature of the beast is relatively normal scans, getting a direct pressure reading is the one definitive diagnostic tool. That is an individual thing.
Every case has different symptoms, intensity of symptoms, as well as duration of symptoms.
The symptoms can go into remission for up to months or years and then reappear. It does not mean that will happen in all cases. Just that it is has happened in other cases.