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Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 4 1:54pm | Replies (158)
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I am not to familiar with diagnosing RA. When I had my initial blood work done after self diagnosing myself. Rhumy pulled . ESR , CRP, HS-CRP, RA, and CCP(IgA,IgG). My tests were all negative so ruled out RA. Would that be a fair assessment.

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pb50 | @pb50 | Jul 4 1:54pm

Probably so if you were in a particularly acute phase when inflammation markers should pop. The lack of positive result for RA Factor means nothing. About 50% of RA patients are sero-negative. I was for 7 years. But i would be surprised if your ESR wasn't elevated for either RA or PMR.

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