Data gathering
- Red flags – headache/jaw pain/visual changes/tiredness/muscle weakness/fever
- Others
- Examine – temporal artery palpation, CN exam, fundoscopy
Clinical management
- Investigations
- Bloods – ESR
- Explanation
- condition caused by inflammation arteries on the side of the head
- Treatment
- High dose steroids (prednisolone 60mg, tapering over months)
- Aspirin 75mg
- Refer to vascular surgeons (temporal artery biopsy)
- Follow-up / Safety net