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Precursor symptoms to PMR?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 26 7:54am | Replies (115)
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@kmgustav

I am concerned that I may have GCA because I have started having jaw and tooth pain on my right side along with a headache.

When you had TN did your teeth hurt? Were you ever checked out for GCA?

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DadCue | @dadcue | Jan 25 10:51am

People often have teeth pulled to relieve TN pain. That intervention doesn’t work.

I am screened for GCA by my rheumatologist and ophthalmologist. No evidence of GCA but I’m being treated with Actemra as if I have GCA. TN was diagnosed long before PMR was diagnosed.

If your jaw hurts and you have PMR, you should be checked for GCA.

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jeff97 | @jeff97 | Jan 25 12:12pm

I have GCA, and one of my symptoms was a lot of fatigue in my jaw muscles when I was chewing. Eating was pretty unpleasant because of that fatigue. I never had any headaches. A doctor told me about 20 percent of people with GCA don't have headaches. I had other symptoms including low grade fever, night sweats, and tenderness around my ears and on my scalp.

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