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symptoms present but lab markers aren't high
symptoms present but lab markers aren ... least leaning in the direction of PMR ... mildly increasing and still in "normal ... then kind of figures it isn't my PMR ... wondering if anyone else has had within normal
Last active: Sep 15, 2024
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Anyone successfully treating PMR without Prednisone?
Anyone successfully treating PMR without ... long standing Fibromyalgia due to labs ... normal for inflammation. ... husband came down, suddenly, with PMR
Last active: Feb 18 6:57pm
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Does untreated PMR lead to GCA, organ inflammation and osteoporosis
Does untreated PMR lead to GCA, organ ... untreated osteoporosis) and she took labs ... which showed ESR and CRP within normal ... Pretty sure I have PMR. ... Does untreated PMR actually *cause*
Last active: Apr 4, 2024
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Anybody have high GGT liver results since PMR?
have high GGT liver results since PMR ... My labs this week show a GGT reading ... Normal is 5-30.
Last active: Sep 21, 2024
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Aches and pains , what would you do ?
For PMR, (had it for 7 years) I' ... Then the dreaded lab test showed my ... wbc a bit under the normal low range ... month of kevzara to see if my numbers normalized
Last active: Jan 15 5:34pm
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The short answer is yes. The rather long story is as follows: I'm a retired ER...
The labs were mostly normal, except ... prednisone for 2 weeks, just repeated my labs ... and they are normal. ... and now have come back to almost pre-PMR ... is probably my osteoarthritis, not PMR
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@tuckerp Thank you. PMR sounds rough, hope you are doing better now. Perhaps the hardest part...
PMR sounds rough, hope you are doing ... part for me has been that with the normal ... labs I have been brushed off.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 17 5:18pm
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Yes. Promptly responded to 20 mg of prednisone within 6 hours. ESR, CRP, all rheumatic disease...
rheumatic disease blood markers and lab ... tests were and have remained normal ... Firstly, PMR does not cause permanent ... I recently read “The Myth of Normal
Discussion: Newly diagnosed
Posted: Jan 22 11:01am
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I’m just starting with this diagnosis and have not started steroids yet. I will probably start...
noticing a raspiness and I can’t sing normally ... I’m the oddball with normal labs but ... text book PMR symptoms. ... Not normal for me.
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@phogan0609 I am so sorry that you are experiencing so much pain. Research shows that there...
that there is a small percentage of PMR ... patients who have normal inflammation ... arthritis because my inflammation lab ... results (CRP and sed-rate) were normal ... should go by my symptoms rather than my lab
Discussion: PMR Remission
Posted: Jan 14 12:58am