Understanding GCA and PMR
Complaints, like headache, a temperature and stiffness are quite common. Only rather unique combinations of symptoms are characteristic of the rare diseases GCA and PMR.Examples of such combinations are:
1. fatigue, stiffness of the jaws, painful jaws when chewing, headache, changing or reduced eyesight, blindness (irreversible, most feared)
2. headache, a temperature, tongue problems, sensitive scalp, bloated arteries of the temples, stiffness in joints and muscles, poor or lack of appetite.
And any combination of 1. and 2.
