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Thanks - out of curiosity what was the correct diagnosis?

• bell-cot 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteritis#Temporal_arteritis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteritis#Temporal_arteritis
  • Night_Thastus 3y ago
    My grandfather had a form of this! Luckily it was treated quickly, but he also ran into issues convincing the doctors that's what it was. Not sure why.
    • bell-cot 3y ago
      American doctors, working for a large or investor-owned health-care organization? In hindsight - the hospital that "took care of" my mother made ~100X the revenue running expensive tests on her - in just a week - compared to what an honest, competent doctor would have made over the first year of successfully diagnosing and treating her.
  • bonzini 3y ago
    Why is loss of eyesight not listed among the symptoms or consequences?
    • bell-cot 3y ago
      Because Wikipedia is a so-so source of medical information? Damaged to eyesight is the first bullet point here... > https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15674-temporal-arteritis https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15674-tempora... ...and the last bullet point here... https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/giant-cell-arteritis/symptoms-causes/syc-20372758 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/giant-cell-ar... ...and the first "if left untreated can cause" thing mentioned here... https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/arteritis-giant-cell https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/arteritis-giant-cell ...and you probably noticed that all 3 of those prefer to call it "giant cell arteritis".
    • whacko_quacko 3y ago
      Because no one took the time to find a high quality secondary source and add this fact to the article yet.