Temporal Arteritis Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Temporal Arteritis treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Temporal Arteritis
Treatment may include:
Corticosteroid Therapy
This therapy is used to decrease the swelling and inflammation. It will also help decrease the risk of blindness. At first, high doses of prednisone are often given. The doses are then tapered off. Therapy is often continued for several years.
Long-term use of corticosteroids has some harmful side effects. This may include:
- Osteoporosis -weakening of bones
- Diabetes -high glucose levels in blood
- Cataract -clouding of the eye's lens
- Stomach irritation
- Calcium
- Vitamin D
- Bisphosphonate
Low-Dose Aspirin
Your doctor may recommend that you take low-dose aspirin every day. This may help to reduce the risk of vision loss associated with temporal arteritis.
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