She has some heart trouble and has had mini strokes. If you could shed a little light on this disease, I would greatly appreciate any help you could give. Temporal Arteritis is a disease which afflicts patients over 50 or so. The disease can cause blindness and strokes, so it is treated aggressively. Treatment usually is a minimum of three months with most patients taking 6-8 months of steroids.
Relapses are fairly common.
Ensure that her glucose is not elevated with the steroids. Older patients tend to develop diabetes due to steroid treatment much more than younger patients and this can cause some of the problems you describe. Back to Drug InfoNet Home Page. Back to Doctor FAQ main page. Send your impressions, comments, thoughts, etc.