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Peripheral Neuropathy and PMR?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 23 8:41pm | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
Interesting. I too have peripheral neuropathy. I got PMR after a Pfizer booster in Feb 2021, then Covid about a month later. I had a good GP who diagnosed PMR early and put me on Pred but with suspected GCA I was on 60mg within 6 weeks. It was a quick taper over a couple of weeks to about 20mg then to 0mg over the next 12 months. So I’m now in remission. 💃🤞I had peripheral neuropathy in feet and hands from quite early on. I’ve always thought it was the Covid.
Now I still have it in my feet (mostly front half) with occasional tingles in my hands. In my feet it’s more annoying than painful. I’m getting better at ignoring it and try to keep moving, eat low sugar and low carb. In bed when my feet are warm it almost goes away. I also have Bronchiectasis and MAC (stable) so have a double interest in trying to keep inflammation levels low.
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I too, have peripheral neuropathy mainly in my feet , just very occasional tingling in hands. It showed straight away when I started taking prednisolone for GCA back in August , 2022. I challenged my rheumatologist that it was caused by the prednisolone and he denied it, but for me , the coincidence was too great. Now , perhaps it may have been caused by becoming pre diabetic from the prednisolone . I'm down to 6 mg now , trickling down half mg every 10 days until I reach 5 mg.
I am now officially diabetic and trying to eat low carb , high protein . My feet don't seem to have improved , perhaps a little. Trouble is that I have gone from being good on my feet for an 81 year old, to being unsure and quite cautious. My GCA seems to be in remission so maybe I just have to be grateful for any improvements at my age.