[Unexplained accelerated blood cells sedimentation rate in the aged (author's transl)].

There is one reason for unexplained accelerated blood cells sedimentation rate in the aged, which is often neglected:Polymyalgia arteriitica or Arteriitis temporalis. Long-term therapy with cortison normalizes pains and sedimentation rate. Nevertheless, short-term treatment is a way to diagnose the disease "ex juvantibus".