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Could your PMR have been a result of the Covid mRNA vaccine?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Aug 28 3:44pm | Replies (41)
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@dorlera

I received the first dose of the Shingles vaccine at the end of September and the newer COVID vaccine in late December. My PMR came on in mid-January. The ER Doctor mentioned the same observation, that visits to rheumatologists in the area from people with the same symptoms had tripled since COVID. And the local DPA that I followed up with agreed. I was a bit horrified but do still think vaccines are important and life-saving. Having said that, I am unsure as to when I will get another. Certainly not while fighting off PMR. I did search the CDC database for symptoms and there have been some reported. Here is the CDC website and you can find a link to report your own experience so they can collect the data they need: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/reporting/index.html
Here's hoping we all fully recover and remain symptom free!

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alvina | @alvina | Aug 18 11:15am

I am pretty sure it was the covid vaccine and follow up boosters. I was totally healthy before receiving them. Thank you for website info.

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jlo2252 | @jlo2252 | Aug 22 10:43am

@dorlera
I agree that you should not get another Covid booster at this time. Just do hand washing and disinfecting after you have been around other people. Even if people tell you they just have a cold or allergies, you never know for sure if they are a Covid carrier. I don’t mean for you to be paranoid, just be careful!
I have confidence in all the other life saving vaccines that have been around a long time. I did advise my daughter in law to go easy on the childhood vaccines— they wanted to give my grandson six (!!) vaccines all in one doctors visit!! I advised her to spread them out, maybe 2 at a time. Today he is a healthy 10 year old who has had all his childhood vaccines and even flu shots!
The Covid vaccine was thrust upon us in an emergency situation, with no real testing done— we were essentially the lab rats for this vaccine!! I had the j & j vaccine when it first came out, later had one of the mRNA vaccines as a booster and I’m done for now. I’ve tested negative at least a dozen times when I had symptoms! They keep telling me I’m due for a booster and I just decline it….
Good luck to you on your PMR health journey…

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