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Hand pain
I was diagnosed with PMR sept of 24. Pain in neck arms shoulders hips buttocks. Started prednisone 15 mg. Feeling good about a month ago pain started in both hand. No where else. Past 4 days no hand pain and I’m afraid it’s going to strike somewhere else. Does PMR do that?
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Since my first, and so far only, flare about 9mths ago when inflammation returned, I've developed a lot of new symptoms: Morton's Neuroma (compression of nerves between metatarsal bones) in the balls of the feet, thrombosis in the leg requiring blood thinners, and more recently trigger finger (swelling of the tendon sheath from inflammation) for which I wear a finger splint which helps, and a rash on my hands which I'll show the doctor next week.
Since I've had no problems with hands or feet prior to PMR, and the feet were fine on PMR treatment till after the first flare, I put it down to a progression of PMR and/or complications of the treatment. I've never had so many various symptoms and health problems coming together before. It's a mystery at this stage as to which things will resolve and which are permanent. Various autoimmune conditions have many overlapping symptoms and progressions.
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3 ReactionsI had swollen hands before my PMR was treated with prednisone. At that time I had actually lost weight but could not remove my wedding ring. Now I am just off the prednisone, the same weight, and my wedding ring is so loose, it will not stay on. The pain I endured in my hands was not worse than elsewhere in my body and was eliminated with prednisone. Only the original osteoarthritis remains.
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I’ve had the same problems with my fingers and rings. My joints in some of my fingers have nodes and my rings won’t fit over them. I recently had a 12 pound weight loss from an illness that made my wedding ring very loose! So I bought a smaller, inexpensive gold band to wear after I put my wedding band on. It holds it in place so it won’t fall off.. They also make silicone wedding bands that you can find on Amazon that come in different colors and sizes and you can wear in a larger size until your finger swelling goes down and you can wear your regular wedding band, or use it to hold your wedding ring in place! Very cute and inexpensive—around $10 for 8 rings in different colors. Company is called Egnaro rings and if you get the wrong size they will send you a new pack for free. Very good customer service.