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How often does PMR progress to GCA?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 2 9:39am | Replies (128)Comment receiving replies
Sorry to hear your husband was diagnosed with GCA, but it's amazing that he doesn't have any symptoms. It makes me wonder how many others may have it without even realizing it. It seems that doctors don't really know a lot about either GCA or PMR, including what causes it, so I suppose it's possible there are all kind of asymptomatic cases out there that no one knows about. I'm glad your husband got over his PMR too!
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@charlotte61 yes, that’s true! Just like my husband, many people get diagnosed by chance. If it hadn’t been for that car accident, he may never have had the scan which was performed for some other reason (which I don’t know). It just takes an observant imaging technician or doctor to spot something g that previously hasn’t caused symptoms.
I have fatty liver disease which too was discovered during an abdominal ultrasound by an observant technician. Same with my horse shoe kidney - it was an observant technician who noticed it and it had not been caught by a technician at an earlier ultrasound.
Hopefully, my husband’s PMR will remain in remission!