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Who diagnoses temple arteritis?
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Biopsy.: There are many doctors who deal with temporal arteritis including internists, family practitioners, vascular surgeons, neurologists and neurosurgeons. The diagnosis is usually made on the basis of symptoms, see rate and biopsy of the temporal artery.
Answered 2/12/2014
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Temporal arteritis: either an ophthalmologist, neurologist, primary care physician. Often they will ask a surgeon to do a temporal artery biopsy, but if the diagnosis is highly suspicious then steroids treatment would be recommended.
Answered 3/24/2017
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Other than temporal arteritis what could be causing my temple pain, excruciating headaches and fatigue? Am I too young or could it be TA?
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With temporal arteritis does your temple artery become inflamed and go away? By that I mean, my temporal artery will be very visible for days and then go away for weeks. This happened over the last 4 months? Would that be a sign of temporal arteritis?
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