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I had night sweats as a symptom of Giant Cell Arteritis. I understand that is a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1339560/

is the doctor that normally treats GCA

Discussion: Night Sweats

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jul 2 8:27am

Yes ... I thought it was a quality study given the sample size and years involved....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101391/

I think people forget that PMR/GCA aren ... PMR/GCA patients are a relatively small ... are included than the typical PMR/GCA

Discussion: Risk of cardiovascular disease while on Prednisone.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 8, 2024

Is there such a thing as permanent remission? I have been dealing with PMR and GCA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860036/

I have been dealing with PMR and GCA

Discussion: How common is permanent remission?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 15, 2023

@artist01 go to Some Study Updates, a new discussion opened in the PMR and GCA group....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/650262/

new discussion opened in the PMR and GCA

Discussion: Prednisone Side Effects

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 1, 2021

I would love it if someone would start a zoom group for PMR/GCA. I would definitely...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1226206/

someone would start a zoom group for PMR/GCA

Discussion: New York City Woman with PMR (70). Want to start a support group.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 31 11:02am

@johnbishop I had a biopsy of my temporal artery last year. It was negative. So, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/943893/

So, I don’t have GCA.

Discussion: Does anyone have eye problems because of neuropathy?

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Oct 7, 2023

I've been taking Actemra for more than 10 months, and I haven't had any headaches. Are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1337367/

Is the Actemra to treat GCA?

Discussion: Headaches from Actemra

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 28 6:49pm

Yes, my biopsy was positive. They performed the biopsy on the second day I was in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1308937/

vision problems associated with the GCA ... necessarily mean you don't have GCA

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 20 6:56pm

I hope and pray I don't develop GCA, but it seems quite common in people who...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1037221/

hope and pray I don't develop GCA ... must be aware of the possibility of GCA

Discussion: How often does PMR progress to GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 20, 2024

I read that it's rare, but some people can have GCA without the usual high inflammatory...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1091838/

#39;s rare, but some people can have GCA ... elevated CRP and ESR when I've had GCA

Discussion: Cytokine Release Syndrome/Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jun 22, 2024

I don’t know what to say. To me it sounds like GCA. But if the prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/955055/

To me it sounds like GCA. ... Usually GCA comes with scalp pain.

Discussion: My wife has autoimmune disease. She has inflammation in legs and arms.

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Oct 28, 2023

Hi @johnbishop GCA was a concern in the beginning, but by the time we found a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/788903/

Hi @johnbishop GCA was a concern in ... Prednisone was the treatment used to treat GCA

Discussion: Can the pain of PMR be aggravated from a stomach virus?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 26, 2022

Hi Pauletta @rachelp, there is quite a bit of information available on Tocilizumab used for PMR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/225700/

shows promise as a new treatment for GCA ... tocilizumab-shows-promise-as-a-new-treatment-for-gca-pmr

Discussion: PMR or Steroid Myopathy

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 14, 2018

I was seeing Kaiser’s regional corneal specialist for epithelial basement membrane dystrophy disease when I developed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/950917/

reassured me I did not have inflammation/GCA ... inflammation in my eyes from allergies; not GCA

Discussion: GCA Biopsy while on prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 20, 2023

There is good information about GCA including info on prednisone and Actemra treatments and how they...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1300221/

There is good information about GCA ... primarily see a rheumatologist for my GCA

Discussion: Tapering off prednisone with GCA temporal arteritis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 9 7:00am

You can google this information. There are different inflammatory substances that contribute to PMR and GCA....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1312801/

substances that contribute to PMR and GCA ... pain in PMR. " People with GCA ... I have GCA and PMR, and I have been ... haven't had any pain from the GCA

Discussion: Kevzara and Prednisone Tapering before and during Kevzara

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 25 6:06pm

@angelbeard4. I had the very same easy time of it when undergoing the GCA biopsy. Not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/88749/

easy time of it when undergoing the GCA

Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 27, 2021

I would go with the GCA theory. I had PMR and was off prednisone for six...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/977975/

I would go with the GCA theory. ... came out negative but was treated for GCA