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Has anyone been diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease after PMR ?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 30, 2024 | Replies (10)
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@kathyv66

Yes, I have PVD - specifically, behind both knees which means my lower legs do not receive adequate blood flow/oxygen and cramp up if I walk at my former regular pace for about 400 meters. I developed PMR Sept 2020 but wasn't diagnosed until Dec 2021 (yes, it was super painful but I had some other medical stuff going on plus the added confusion of covid- lack of activity and working from home). My PVD developed sometime during that period but I didn't really identify it as separate pain until summer 2021 and then was diagnosed in summer 2022. My docs keep treating everything as separate whereas I strongly believe some of it is related - so I am a little excited to see you have observed a relationship between PMR and PVD

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maye | @maye | Dec 30, 2024

Kathyv66
Yes not just my observation re PMR and peripheral vascular disease . It’s a medically recognised association in other autoimmune diseases, most notably with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus (SLE).

I guess It’s the same principle with PMR and peripheral vascular disease and the raised inflammation that causes many other pathological changes.

PMR raises the risk for heart disease too . I was told of heart disease risk at diagnosis of PMR , but because I was so low risk ( ideal wt, not diabetic, optimal blood pressure and cholesterol , never smoked etc)
Drs didn’t take my leg pain (claudication) as a vascular issue at first until it became evident it was an emergency with severely narrowed arteries and feet with very poor pulses.
Considering my previous excellent health history, they and I couldn’t believe we were dealing with peripheral vascular disease!

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Peripheral arterial disease in polymyalgia rheumatica - PMC (Peripheral-arterial-disease-in-polymyalgia-rheumatica-PMC.pdf)

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