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Question about PMR in addition to other autoimmune disorders?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 3 2:12pm | Replies (32)
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What is it about fibromyalgia and PMR other than chronic pain that makes doctors waffle with making a diagnosis? I see fibromyalgia mixed up with PMR frequently.

I had trigeminal neuralgia (TN) which was distinguished from everything else. I said TN was my "inflammation alarm." Whenever the electric shocks to my face started to happen more frequently, I took more prednisone. A neurologist said trigeminal neuralgia wasn't treated with prednisone.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31609955/

"Conclusions: Findings of this study reveal that inflammation could have played a close and important role in the progression and etiology of TN."

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vellen | @vellen | Jun 29, 2023

Doctors are funny creatures I have found; human - hahaha. There is really no excuse when they can do a blood test to ind heightened areas that go to PMR. And Fibro is notorious for the trigger points. Of all the doctors I've seen in the last 20+ years, for refills mostly, only two checked the trigger points.
The others simply took my word for it.

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