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napapos, I am sorry you are having the hand pain. I have had hand discomfort twice...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/915709/

Discussion: The lowest effective dose, how is it defined?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 19, 2023

Yes, I’m having a similar experience with hand pain right now after 1.5 yr journey -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1066552/

Discussion: Wrist and finger pain while tapering prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 12, 2024

Can you feel a cord (thickening of a tendon) or a nodule on a tendon in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/894961/

Discussion: I have Dupuytren's Contracture Disease . How can I cope with this?

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: Jul 13, 2023

In Sept 2025 I first noticed stiffness and pain in my left hand and arm. This...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1504723/

Discussion: Where have you experienced pain due to PMR?H

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 13 9:39am

Off everything since mid February. 3 weeks ago woke up with a swollen right hand and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1076095/

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 28, 2024

Correction to my post yestetday regarding hand and wrist pain. An x-ray revealed osteoarthritis, not osteoporosis.

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1202920/

Discussion: Hand pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 3, 2025

@scardycat, now that several weeks have passed since my injection, the pain is gone, and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/81415/

Discussion: I have Dupuytren's Contracture Disease . How can I cope with this?

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: Apr 16, 2019

Off prednisone entirely since January but only in the last month has the wrist and finger...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1064096/

Discussion: Wrist and finger pain while tapering prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 8, 2024

@ellenslight, My husband has Dupuytren's Contracture. The 'test' for proceeding toward treatment is when you cannot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/704794/

Discussion: I have Dupuytren's Contracture Disease . How can I cope with this?

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: May 2, 2022

Hi @kmw24, Welcome to Connect. I have carpal tunnel in both hands but worse in my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070194/

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 18, 2024

I am just down to 7 mg and out of the blue the back of my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1460590/

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 14, 2025

I had this genetic hand problem and had a very successful surgery and therapy. It was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/969260/

Discussion: I have Dupuytren's Contracture Disease . How can I cope with this?

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: Nov 22, 2023

My PMR started as carpal tunnel in my right hand and wrist. I thought it was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1005173/

Discussion: Sharp pain in hands on certain movements. PMR-related?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 28, 2024

The 1mg tablets you got may not be extra. You will need to have them on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101961/

Discussion: Feelings when tapering: My journey

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 9, 2024

It is both hands. Th hand that bothers me the most had surgery for carpal tunnel...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/786282/

Discussion: PMR Flare up: Any suggestions on what to do?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 18, 2022

Yes! I just started getting these on the back of my left hand. One goes away...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1360219/

Discussion: small red blotches on skin

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 30, 2025

@noelleklein, My husband has Dupuytren's Contracture. He was treated by a Hand Surgeon, years ago, with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/761863/

Discussion: I have Dupuytren's Contracture Disease . How can I cope with this?

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: Oct 16, 2022

I did not develop hand pain until I was completely off of Prednisone. It began with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1093084/

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 24, 2024

Yes that is great too! One of my staff at the time was a clinical wound...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1122624/

Discussion: Skin changes with prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

You may have to ask them( my rheum is a lady) about a hand surgeon. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1006079/

Discussion: How to reduce synovial cysts

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 29, 2024

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