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Can PMR present in the clavicle too?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 14 6:24am | Replies (15)

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Yes, PMR can affect the clavicle area, at least according to the rheumatologist Dan Bunker who made a presentation to a medical school class entitled " Polymyalgia Rheumatica, what has changed since 1957?" You can find it on YouTube. He uses ultrasounds and PET scans, not x-rays, to show inflammation. Either end of the clavicle can be affected, at the sternum or shoulder. When my PMR was very active I had pain in my rib cage, making it painful to take a deep breath. I also had stabbing pains under my shoulder blades as well as diffuse pain that went from one shoulder to the other. Many of the odd pains I did not mention to my rheumatologist because they are looking for classic symptoms (which I also had) and I did not want to be pigeonholed as a psycho female chronic pain patient!

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Thank you so much! I will look him up and send to my Rheumatologist. I’m now beginning to taper from my increase to 10mg on prednisone and I’m currently on 9mg and the clavicle pain is slowly coming back. Which tells me it is my PMR. She wouldn’t accept my increase in January, as it helping my clavicle pain….as she said steroids would heal any inflammation. I’ve barely started my taper, less than a week ago and it’s coming back. All she has done, is X-rays….ill be asking for more imaging ….❤️