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Relationship between PMR and Long COVID? PAMF Arthritis?!🙏

Posted by felicia2 @felicia2, May 22, 2023

PMR and arthritis and challenged immune system?
Please advise re connection and treatment?!😇

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | May 22, 2023

Hi @felicia2, I'm not sure there are any direct connections between PMR and COVID although members have reported having a PMR flare up caused by a COVID infection and/or the vaccine. That's just my non medical opinion. My PMR has been in remission since 2018 and since then I've had 2 Pfizer COVID vaccines and one booster and also caught COVID which fortunately was mild. My PMR did not flare after having COVID so for me there was no connection.

I think the treatment for PMR would be the same regardless of how it started.
Has your doctor suggested or started a treatment? What is PAMF Arthritis?

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felicia2 | @felicia2 | May 22, 2023
In reply to @johnbishop "Hi @felicia2, I'm not sure there are any direct connections between PMR and COVID although members..." + (show)
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Hi @felicia2, I'm not sure there are any direct connections between PMR and COVID although members have reported having a PMR flare up caused by a COVID infection and/or the vaccine. That's just my non medical opinion. My PMR has been in remission since 2018 and since then I've had 2 Pfizer COVID vaccines and one booster and also caught COVID which fortunately was mild. My PMR did not flare after having COVID so for me there was no connection.

I think the treatment for PMR would be the same regardless of how it started.
Has your doctor suggested or started a treatment? What is PAMF Arthritis?

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Thanks for reply! My Doc says if long Covid has become Neuropathy there no meds available!
And I’m with top Palo Alto Med!

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | May 22, 2023
In reply to @felicia2 "Thanks for reply! My Doc says if long Covid has become Neuropathy there no meds available!..." + (show)
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Thanks for reply! My Doc says if long Covid has become Neuropathy there no meds available!
And I’m with top Palo Alto Med!

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Glad to hear you have a good health care team. Neuropathy treatment depends a lot on symptoms. If you have pain, there are treatments for pain. If you have numbness, as far as I know there are no medications or drugs that can be used as a treatment. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy has a lot of good information on living well with neuropathy including treatments here: https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/.

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