October 4, 2016.

Horton’s disease is manifested by unbearable headaches, accompanied by pain in the jaw that radiates all over the face. Without prompt treatment, it can lead to serious complications. Fortunately, its prevalence is rare: It is estimated at 1 in 1, in people over 000 years old.

Horton’s disease: women more affected than men

Horton’s disease is diagnosed, in six out of ten cases, in a woman, in part because of the higher number of women in the population aged 80 and over, the age at which the most cases of Horton’s disease are detected. . 

Repeated migraines or headaches, as well as pain in the jaw, but also visual disturbances, or even partial blindness, or a split of the mink, can be the signs of Horton’s disease, because inflammation of the temporal arteries, characteristic of the disease. The patient, tired, is also often feverish during attacks.

Repeated headaches: it is necessary to consult

Once diagnosed, the condition is treated with corticosteroids and steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Prompt treatment can quickly reduce symptoms and return to normal life, but corticosteroids, as always, are not without side effects. The doses administered are therefore gradually reduced, but it may be necessary to restart the treatment if the symptoms of the disease reappear. 

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