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Ongoing jaw pain in established GCA/PMR patient
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Mar 4 2:13pm | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
Sharon7 I think your jaw pain is a mechanical problem. I have learned by reading on this site that some of our latent problems become more pronounced with the onset of PMR. I’m no doctor but it sounds like your treatment should be addressing the GCA appropriately, I don’t blame you for being over concerned.., I would be as well.
Best wishes to you!
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@caroljeand -- I really appreciate your response to my inquiry. Your sense that my treatment should be addressing GCA/PMR is reassuring to me. And I'm not sure I've heard as clearly before that "latent problems" could become more pronounced. I have definitely experienced the return of some of my familiar aches and pains with the reduction in prednisone from those massive doses. If I had jaw pain before, it wasn't asserting itself as it is now ... but I have arthritis in several other body parts, so why not this one?! I'll keep pursuing treatments for a mechanical problem while giving thanks for the peace of mind that comes from the perspective of fellow travelers on the GCA/PMR journey.