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Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 3 hours ago | Replies (150)
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So my sed rate 60 and crp 87 were elevated. RF, ANA, anti-ccp negative. I seemed to 'fit the bill' for pmr. Along the way and looking back, I.have had symptoms fitting the bill for reactive arthritis. Getting my crp, sed rate and HLA-B27 tests Sat or Mon. Started PT for Achilles tendonitis yesterday.
Anybody used kinesio tape? The science behind it is interesting. It started to really bother me and I pulled it off at 2 am. Thinning skin is making me dubious using it.
I would think by now at 75 I should have more physical symptoms if rheumatoid arthritis is my main problem. Could be wrong. If you can find out what your system is lacking and get to the root of the problem guesswork is minimized but that involves sophisticated testing.
I think my HLA-B27 will be positive, now hoping my insurance will cover it,

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pb50 | @pb50 | May 30 1:28pm

I don't think its a matter of something you're lacking. It seems to be more like a stuck switch. Your immune system begins to react to something - a virus or allergen or bacteria or such and something triggers that immune process to dial it up - and it doesn't get a signal to stop. So now your immune process is in overdrive and the mechanism to slow it down is stuck.
They don't understand fully what triggered that malfunction - but they have figured out how to stop and in many cases to prevent it - mostly.

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