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PMR, prednisone and Poor Sleep or Insomnia
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 18, 2023 | Replies (66)Comment receiving replies
I am not a medical professional, but it is my understanding that taking too much iron can have dangerous, even life threating side effects if you do not need it. I had easy access to medical tests and my iron panel showed I had more than enough iron in my blood. I simply had low hemoglobin. Vitamin B deficiency is another common cause of anemia, I had plenty of that as well. They never found a cause for my anemia, so I never received treatment. Anemia alone was troublesome and of course fatiguing.
I actually used Mayo Clinic's wed site on anemia as a check list of the causes. This is another place where the Mayo Clinic could include PMR in their Inflammatory category. This category was not listed in 2019 but now that it is PMR should be listed to help people grasp the systemic nature of PMR. I wonder if there is a known treatment for PMR related anemia - just asking.
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@jabrown0407, Thanks for posting that question! I never really thought about PMR related anemia. Here are a couple of articles that I found.
-- How to Manage, Treat Anemia of Inflammation in Patients with Rheumatic Disease: https://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/manage-treat-anemia-inflammation-patients-rheumatic-disease/
-- "A condition called anaemia (an-ee-me-a), which is a lack of red blood cells that carry oxygen around the body, is quite common in polymyalgia rheumatica. Your ..." --- Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) | Causes, symptoms, treatments: https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/polymyalgia-rheumatica-pmr/
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Yes those are indeed very wise words about iron which I am fully aware of. I have had mild anaemia many times over my life confirmed by testing and nowadays when the clear symptoms arise I lightly treat it with a herbal iron tonic for a week or so. I am used to being responsible for my health and am not based in the US but a country where natural remedies are more commonly used alongside meds.
I replied to you because you joined the anaemia PMR dots for me and thank you for that.