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Side effects after Covid Vaccine - symptoms seem like PMR

Posted by bpyle47 @bpyle47, Dec 16, 2023

Has anyone else had PMR symptoms (without confirmation- a blood test didn't show any inflamation) after Covid or Covid Vaccine. I wake up every morning with horrible pain in the same places as PMR. Doctors are not helping me.

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hunib33 | @hunib33 | Dec 19, 2023
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I hope this helps to resolve your pain. I have posted many times in other threads about my diet and how I think it helped me resolve PMR quickly, with only mild symptoms. I am a registered dietitian and eat an organic, whole foods, primarily plant-based, with a little animal protein. I also take turmeric and omega-3's daily, as well as probiotics for my gut/immune health. Seventy percent of your immunity starts in your gut, so if you feed your microbiome what it likes, e.g., fiber, your microbes help to protect you. Unfortunately, most Americans don't eat enough fiber and the phytonutrients that are often lost with processing food. Good luck to you. Hugs.

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@janiceem. I wholeheartedly agree with your diet recommendations and have eaten this way for many years. Unfortunately my system doesn’t tolerate turmeric well. It gives me the scoots if I take it as a supplement or eat foods that contain it. Other than that, I tolerate a healthy diet successfully.

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megz | @megz | Dec 19, 2023
In reply to @hunib33 "@janiceem. I wholeheartedly agree with your diet recommendations and have eaten this way for many years...." + (show)
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@janiceem. I wholeheartedly agree with your diet recommendations and have eaten this way for many years. Unfortunately my system doesn’t tolerate turmeric well. It gives me the scoots if I take it as a supplement or eat foods that contain it. Other than that, I tolerate a healthy diet successfully.

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I stay away from turmeric too. It's high in oxalates which bind to calcium and stop it being absorbed. Calcium oxalates can cause kidney stones, and calcium oxalate crystals in joints and soft tissue are involved in oxalate arthritis. A lot of so-called "superfoods" are said to be anti-inflammatory but are very high oxalate.

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hunib33 | @hunib33 | Dec 19, 2023
In reply to @megz "I stay away from turmeric too. It's high in oxalates which bind to calcium and stop..." + (show)
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I stay away from turmeric too. It's high in oxalates which bind to calcium and stop it being absorbed. Calcium oxalates can cause kidney stones, and calcium oxalate crystals in joints and soft tissue are involved in oxalate arthritis. A lot of so-called "superfoods" are said to be anti-inflammatory but are very high oxalate.

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@janiceem I admire and respect your knowledge as a nutritionist. I guess my body is doing me a favor by rejecting tumeric! Who knew 🤗

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janiceem | @janiceem | Dec 20, 2023

It's interesting that turmeric isn't tolerated by some people. I hadn't heard that before. Just an FYI, I did have a kidney stone episode in my 50's, when I didn't take turmeric or drink a green smoothie each day. I am almost 70 now and have been taking turmeric and eating many anti-inflammatory superfoods for at least 10 years now, with no reoccurence of stones. I do drink a lot more water, though. The only food that I avoid is raw spinach in my green smoothie because of oxalates.

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bpyle47 | @bpyle47 | 1 day ago

I had the covid vaccines and then when I went to have the shingles vaccine, I had horrible pain in my neck shoulders. It felt just like when I had PMR. No doctor would listen to me because my blood tests did not show inflammation. After months of pain I finally got cortisone shots in my shoulders and for the spasms coming from my neck. I went to a new rheumatologist and he felt because of the family history, I definitely had PMR but my IGg levels were so low, I wasn't registering inflammation.

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