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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 18 7:12pm | Replies (1907)
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@virginiaj thank you for explaining what time of year your 3 bouts of PMR occurred , I find it interesting that all 3 bouts of PMR started in the fall of the year. September,November and November. Also interesting is that my first case of PMR became acute in December 2019. Diagnosed finally after clinical symptoms and high CRP (29). I did have a Flu vaccine and Prevnar Vaccine together in October (2019).
@virginiaj- did you get the flu vaccine or any vaccine each fall prior to the start of each occurrence of PMR?

Thanks, David

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virginiaj | @virginiaj | Jan 14, 2020

I worked in health care, so always got the flu vaccine, plus any others recommended. I don’t think it has any relation to onset of PMR. My first bout started the day after I did a 5k run/walk as fast as I could and was really stiff the next day. I thought it was from the exercise, but it never went away. I have tried to figure out causes and/or prevention, but have not found anything. For now, I just have learned to deal with it when it’s active and try to have healthy eating/exercise behaviors whether it’s active or not.

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