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Hi @frenchfrank51, I had PMR ,then GCA, undiagnosed for a year. I complained of extreme fatigue,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1258649/
Hi @frenchfrank51, I had PMR ,then GCA ... of the conditions associated with PMR ... /GCA. ... resolves with appropriate treatment for PMR ... /GCA.
Discussion: Low iron levels and PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 15, 2025
Hi @gailg, I think the results of blood tests don't always cone back with high inflammation...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855603/
with high inflammation markers with PMR ... The PMR symptoms stayed with me, and ... The chapter on PMR and GCA in Cecil ... suggests physicians give patients with PMR ... If the symptoms go away, it's PMR
Discussion: Any difficulty in diagnosis of PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 6, 2023
Hi @sjf1024, Your symptoms are typical. This from Goldman and Cecil Textbook of Medicine, Chapter on...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1137423/
Cecil Textbook of Medicine, Chapter on PMR ... and GCA: "The musculoskeletal ... hallmark of PMR is proximal, severe ... pelvic girdles." When I had PMR
Discussion: Recently diagnosed, symptom question
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Sep 6, 2024
@pdxmac, I thought I would share a few of the available related discussions on PMR, exercise...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1114395/
the available related discussions on PMR ... discussion/moving-and-exercise-with-pmr ... / -- Exercise with PMR and/or GCA: ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/exercise-with-pmr-andor-gca ... / -- PMR and exercise: What helps you
Discussion: Helpful morning routines
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jul 30, 2024
Hi @jeansg and @ninadavis, my hair was always very thick, curly and frizzy. I had PMR...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1138417/
I had PMR for a year, undiagnosed. ... thinnned out dramatically with the PMR ... and GCA, no prednisone, and lost some ... I had a relapse of GCA this year, and
Discussion: Prednisone and change in hair texture
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Sep 8, 2024
Welcome @minijohn, Thank you for sharing your experience with PMR and GCA. It is really helpful...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/704208/
you for sharing your experience with PMR ... and GCA. ... the experience of other members with PMR ... /discussion/pmr-connection-to-gca/ ... -- GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR
Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 30, 2022
Hi @jabrown0407, before I was diagnosed with PMR/GCA my blood work showed anemia - so my...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/694212/
jabrown0407, before I was diagnosed with PMR ... /GCA my blood work showed anemia - so ... He reviewed my lab work, suspected PMR ... and GCA, and told me what blood tests
Discussion: New to PMR - Are Monthly Labs and Check-ups normal?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 29, 2022
Hi @marieameehan, I started taking prednisone mid-May of 2021 for PMR and GCA, 40 mg. I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/765001/
taking prednisone mid-May of 2021 for PMR ... and GCA, 40 mg. ... ;t know of any other treatment for PMR ... and GCA other than corticosteroids,
Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 24, 2022
Part of the reason is that PMR and GCA have a long history of being treated...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1257151/
Part of the reason is that PMR and GCA ... / ------------------------------ PMR ... tocilizumab) was shown to be effective for GCA ... treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA ... and GCA simply because it works quickly
Discussion: Anyone tried Kevzara for PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 13, 2025
@caroljeand They were mainly non-classic symptoms of PMR not GCA Vasculitis. The only non-classic symptom of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1486611/
were mainly non-classic symptoms of PMR ... not GCA Vasculitis. ... The only non-classic symptom of GCA ... My GCA symptoms were mainly tossed in ... the PMR bucket or not a Rheumy problem
Discussion: Are others with GCA and PMR on Tyenne Monthly Infusions?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 19 1:45pm