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Recently Diagnosed With GCA - Still Experiencing Pain
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 31 8:07am | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
@amycmoore50nc
Not sure why the ER is the answer. The times I went seemed I knew more than them. I have been on this journey for 5 years. I would say study the disease so if you are given advice you know if it sounds right. It can all get better. I used the anti inflammatory diet to help the process.
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Before I was diagnosed a year and a half ago I had an episode where I lost part of the vision in my left eye for a few seconds. It was the middle of the night. I went to the emergency room to get it checked out. They did blood work and ran a lot of tests - EEG, EKG, MRI, and ultrasound. They were checking to see if I had a stroke or some other problem. Within a few hours they diagnosed me with GCA and PMR. They did a temporal artery biopsy, but started treatment for the GCA immediately without waiting for the results of the biopsy. The biopsy results came back 4 days later and confirmed that I had GCA. If they had waited for the results of biopsy before starting treatment, I probably would have lost at least some vision in one or both eyes.
If someone with PMR has vision problems, they should get it checked out immediately. It could be an emergency where time is critical.