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"Evolution" of Seronegative RA into PMR
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 30 8:30pm | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
People making diagnoses feel the need to shove us into one neat box. When we don't fit that one, they try another diagnosis, and when they can't shove us into one or other or symptoms change, they say we have something else or a combination of things.
In reality, a lot of ailments have different severities and multiple causes depending on our individual diets, metabolisms, medical histories and exposure to various environmental factors. They often don't fit into neat boxes or diagnoses.
There's a lot unknown about individual causes for most arthritic and inflammatory conditions and individuals respond differently to various treatments, as we see on this forum regularly.
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I understand what you are saying but there aren't easy answers for most things.
I never felt my rheumatologist ever shoved me into "one neat box." My GP saw the "bigger picture" while he compiled information from multiple specialists.
I would agree the "specialists" are only focused on their specialty. If our symptoms don't fit their specialty, they don't look at anything beyond their realm.
I had a long list of things that happened to me. I was diagnosed by many specialists. However, I was the one that crammed everything into one box and took prednisone for any and all pain. This was especially true after PMR was diagnosed, I didn't think that I needed all the specialists and took prednisone for everything. That was a big mistake on my part.
It is the self proclaimed "experts" who think they know everything that I have a tendency to ignore.