PPT-POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA & GIANT CELL ARTERITIS

Dr MSofi MD FRCP London FRCPEdin FRCSEdin Polymyalgia Rheumatica Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disorder that causes muscle pain and stiffness It is characterized by proximal . Bingxiao Xu. Johns Hopkins University. Outlines. Science motivation. Automate arcfinder. Test the arcfinder by simulations. Priliminary results. Future prospects. Why Giant Arcs?. The abundance of the giant arcs is sensitive to the inner structure of the clusters and cosmology. Lakhtionova. Anastasia. 6. V. Panda. The black and white Panda bear is one of the most loved animals in the world. But unfortunately, it also happens to be an endangered species and is found only in China where it is protected by the law. There, this bear has been respected by the Chinese and is found in Chinese art too. First described by the French Missionary Pere Armand David in 1869, they attract worldwide attention. Research states that there are approximately about 1600 pandas left in the wild. They once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing and other development has now restricted giant pandas to the mountains and highlands in Central China’s Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. This cute and beautiful animal is also being hunted down for its beautiful fur. In case you want to know more about the Giant Panda bear, then read the fast facts mentioned below in this article. . evaluating locking schemes in . 2010-02-27. james . francis. toy iv. David . Hemmendinger. Purpose. Evaluate current locking scheme in FreeBSD. See if the locking methods can be improved. Evaluate both methods and form conclusions. Excerpt . from Chapter 9 of Our National Parks: (1901) by John Muir. :. ". In the forest between the Middle and East forks of the Kaweah, I met . a great . fire, and as fire is the master scourge and controller of . cyclops. .. The rotund egg on top of the wall tumbled to the ground.. The girl in the next room fell asleep after eating a tainted apple.. The frog near the princess used to be a prince.. The book on the shelf is full of enchantments.. By: . Pravin. S.. . Bhullar. Natural habitat and environment. Wild pandas live only in, mountainous regions in central China. These high bamboo forests are cool and wet-just as pandas like it. They may climb as high as 13,000 feet to feed on higher slopes in the summer season.. A Case Report. NG is a 47 year old female who developed severe shoulder and upper arm pain bilaterally as well as hip pain , wrist pain and severe morning stiffness in March 2011. She denied ever experiencing anything like this before. She did admit to losing 30 pounds intentionally after completing the HCG diet one month prior.. Judy's Symptoms (cont). GCA. Headache. Cranial Symptoms . Extracranial Symptoms . Ocular Symptoms . Ocular Symptoms (cont). Arterial Events and VTE. Judy's Diagnosis. Approach to Diagnosis . Temporal Artery Biopsy. Aim. 2. 05/11/2018. Giant cell arteritis (GCA): most common primary systemic vasculitis in western countries. Lifetime risk: 1.0% for women and 0.5% for men over the age of 50 years. Severe potential complications: sight loss, stroke, cranial nerve palsy, large-vessel aneurysms, vascular . Overview of GCA. Overview of GCA (cont). Epidemiologic Factors Related to GCA. Headache. Visual Signs and Symptoms. Optic Disc in GCA. Vision Loss in GCA. Jaw . C. laudication. The PMR Connection. Diagnosing GCA. -. takayasu. disease. -giant cell . arteritis. -. spondyloarthropathies. -. behcet. syndrome. -RA. Blood proteins & Hypercholesterolemia Hyperfibrinogenemia Hypergammaglobulinemia Hypoalbuminemia Hyperalbuminemia Hyperglycemia Hypofibrinogenemia Hypogammaglobulinemia Increased bile salts Increased 21 Coventry fast track pathway for managing giant cell arteritise utility of colour Doppler ultrasonography (US) in the diagnosis of GCA was rst proposed in the 1990s [5]. US can be performe CABM FIBMS. Internist & Rheumatologist. Large Vessel Vasculitis . Takayasu arteritis. Mikito Takayasu (. 1860.  . - 1938)  . Japanese ophthalmologist. CLINICAL FEATURES . . Diagnosis. . By angiography, which reveals Coarctation, occlusion &aneurysmal dilatation.