My mother's diagnosis of temporal arteritis, or giant cell arteritis, was confirmed by a biopsy of the artery. Her doctor has her on prednisone. In spite of reassurance from her doctors, she believes she is going blind. A word from you might convince her. She hangs on to your every word.
Temporal arteritis is an inflammation of artery walls that can impede blood flow.
Without cortisone drug treatment, about half the patients could lose their sight due to a block of blood in the inflamed arteries serving the retina. Prednisone, a cortisone drug, preserves vision. Your mother is a woman of impeccable taste, evidenced by hanging on to my every word. Copyright 1999 Post Dispatch and Pulitzer Technologies Inc.