Early symptoms of giant cell arteritis resemble the flu: fatigue, loss of appetite, and fever.
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[…] treatment that may occur in patients with GCA include the following: Vertebral body compression fracture (26%) Symptomatic steroid myopathy (11%) Steroid psychosis (3%) Mortality
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Potential steroid-related complications include osteoporosis, corticosteroid myopathy, bruising, emotional symptoms (eg, insomnia, restlessness, hypomania, depression), hypertension
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