temporal arteritis

[najma]

I thought it worth asking - has anyone got temporal arteritis?

For a few weeks now, I've been getting odd pains near my eye. Earlier in the week, my friend saw me rubbing my temple, and said I should get it seen, as it was swollen there.  Then yesterday it was really bad, my daughter was visiting and nagged me to do something about it, so I finally went to my GP (miraculous, there was a same day appointment!).

She says it may be this thing, so wants blood tests. Well, she has ticked FBC, ESR and CRP - so what's the difference, same tests I already have regularly, how do they tell what's causing what?!

Help!

[moanalot]

It does not make any sense to me either.

[azure]

hi dont know whether this is any help i had the same i was sent to A&E emergency eye referral had it checked and it was iritis high inflamation due to bad flare up, had some drops for weeks it did clear up but very painful i had swelling of the and pain exatly the same youve done the right thing getting it checked good luck x

[david_8]

hi, Najma

1 of my rheumies used to put down my head  pains to pa/iritis/uveitis/tmj etc
but later blood test have shown + for giant cell/lupus/vasculitits
and even diagnosed with fibromalgia

? so i have along list of diagnoses i can choose from ! as it takes me

loads of info on the pa board ! well worth a search

hope you get answers from your rhuemy


http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=clinical+evidence+for+psoriatic+arthritis+and+temporal+arteritis&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enGB263GB264&um=1&ie=UTF-8&oi=scholart

[IHPA]

I don't know what temporal arteritis is, but can tell you that I have had PA pain in my eyebrows.  PA inflames the whole body.  Must admit I was surprised when I got the eyebrow pain, as I was sure PA had hit every damn inch of my body.