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PMR: Please suggest important first questions to ask rheumatologist
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
@csimmonds there is no definitive test to "prove" you have PMR. PMR is a default diagnosis, meaning if it is not several other problems that a Rheumy treat and you have pain in shoulders and hips and possibly your inflammatory marker are elevated then a Dx of PMR is likely. For me that is one frustrating part is no one knows for sure if it is only PMR or PMR plus something else.
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I've come to believe that PMR is the catch all for a group of undiagnosed inflammatory conditions and if it responds to prednisone, then it stops there unless other markers from your blood work indicate something else going on. I'm basing this on the way our inflammation, pain levels and effective prednisone dosage differs from person to person and not on any scientific evidence.