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Anyone with PMR have experience with 4th COVID vax jab?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 19, 2022 | Replies (92)
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@stleg

My symptoms started after the Pfizer booster. I had the JJ a year prior.
There are lots of ppl with PMR and other autoimmune disorders having flare ups and or new diagnoses after the spike vaccines per my primary and rheumatologist. Maybe a trigger. Wish there would be a retrospective study to look at this further.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jul 29, 2022

Welcome @stleg, Sorry to hear your PMR symptoms flared following a vaccine jab. I have PMR (in remission now) and several other autoimmune conditions but was one of the fortunate ones to only have the "normal" side effects of the vaccines. I've had both Pfizer shots and both boosters plus the Shingrix vaccine with only some arm pain and a little fatigue. There are some studies going on but they don't get much press and you have to find them. Google Scholar is what I used - https://scholar.google.com/

Here's a couple that I found:
-- COVID-19 vaccination in autoimmune disease (COVAD) survey protocol: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00296-021-05046-4
-- New-onset autoimmune phenomena post-COVID-19 vaccination: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/imm.13443

How are you doing with the PMR? Are you on prednisone?

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sharonanng | @sharonanng | Aug 6, 2022

I am convinced that my PMR was triggered by a "mild" case of COVID in late December of 2021. I was diagnosed with PMR in April 2022 after months of malaise, low grade fever, night sweats.

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