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ArticleCureus2023

Fatigue: It Is Not Always in the Head.

Jehan Zeb, Sana Zafar, Zehra Irshad

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jehan ZebAcute Medicine, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, GBR.
Sana ZafarAcute Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, NHS Trust, Coventry, GBR.
Zehra IrshadEndocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, GBR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatigue is a common presenting complaint in patients seen in clinics and same-day emergency care. Although it has a simple presentation, it can be challenging to diagnose and manage, particularly when an underlying medical condition presents atypically as fatigue. Here we present an interesting case of giant cell arteritis (GCA) with only fatigue as the presenting complaint. GCA is the inflammation of medium and large vessels in the body, including the aortic arch and its branches. It typically manifests above the age of 50 with headaches, jaw claudication, temporal tenderness, arthralgia, night sweats, and unintentional weight loss. Early diagnosis and treatment are of paramount importance to prevent complications, particularly permanent blindness.

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classification criteria gcafast track gca pathwayfatiguegiant cell arteritisweight loss

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PMID37415999
PMCPMC10320327

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