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Muscles don't seem able to repair themselves.
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 27 7:16am | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
I was under the impression that PMR is self-limiting, which means it does go away at some point. My mothers did and another friend of hers although they both had it much worse than me. My doctor hasn’t said it’s permanent. Do you have an article that says this? I’m two years from start and six months off prednisone so still experiencing stiffness but nothing like PMR pain. Exercise both strengthens and causes pain but as I played a lot of sport when young I know pain after is normal.
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I am taking about two things here PMR which is the potential of disruption of the normal, or healthy, work of the immune system, and PMR flare up which is when it all goes out of control. The condition called PMR is with you always and sits there like the 800lb gorilla in the corner, and can flare up again if you aren't careful. This is why I can only dream of pork chops, bacon and sausages, french fries English style with vinegar but never able to eat them. This is how the condition has been described to me.
I have no experience of being old, neither of my parents made 79. Right now my tests are normal so this is probably something else.
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My comments are about muscle pain following exercise can mean different things if you are a PMR patient than if you have never had a PMR flare. Remember the gold standard treatment for PMR is simply an anti-inflammatory. PMR and inflammation are tightly coupled.
Since the medical profession does not know much about PMR it is difficult to say with certainty just about anything as a universal truth. They cannot tell you what causes it, nor can they test for it. All they know is a set of symptoms and all the other tests are normal. It is a default diagnosis. PMR being gone could mean it is only in remission or it could mean that it is gone permanently, no one really knows for sure.