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Would question why your rheumatologist seems to think the hands are not part of PMR. This...
rheumatologist seems to think the hands ... are not part of PMR. ... The one main stay is pain. ... It is well known that PMR causes the ... Prednisone takes the pain away.
Posted: Sep 12, 2022
Yes. I've had to work my right hand with a soft rubber ball for many months....
I've had to work my right hand with ... back but the middle finger, right hand ... in the damp weather and occasional pain ... did not have this problem prior to PMR ... hand to a debilitating degree.
Posted: Sep 11, 2022
I am so glad I found your question. I have been struggling with pain since this...
I have been struggling with pain since ... this past Jan 22, with right shoulder pain ... wrist, along with my left shoulder pain ... notice the veins in the back of my hands ... Since I am googling everything PMR,
Posted: Sep 11, 2022
I was diagnosed with PMR back in Jan. 2022 and put on 20mg Prednisone immediately and...
I was diagnosed with PMR back in Jan ... 20mg Prednisone immediately and the pain ... Lost use of my right hand and had to ... Some pain, but mostly manageable. ... My new GP says slowly and if the pain
Posted: Sep 6, 2022
Hi-- I just started a thread about this! I've been getting very severe pain in my...
I've been getting very severe pain ... in my hands/wrists as well as swollen ... My neurologist said that pain in smaller ... joints is uncommon with PMR but not ... Prednisone has helped the other PMR
Posted: Aug 23, 2022
I had COVID with mild symptoms in late December and soon after began having symptoms of...
after began having symptoms of muscle pain ... I was diagnosed with PMR by a rheumatologist ... in hips, shoulders, arms and hands. ... Rheumatologist says neuropathy in hands ... and feet is not PMR.
Posted: Jul 30, 2022
Also have lower disc issues at the moment, sometimes going down my right leg. Yes....my PMR...
Yes....my PMR started a few days after ... Neck and shoulder pain all summer. ... It progressed to right hand (like carpel ... tunnel) except my hand looked like ... Diagnosed with PMR in Jan. 2022, after
Posted: Jul 26, 2022
So sorry that on top of everything else, you had a bad experience with your rheumatologist....
all the usual stiffness in my arms, hands ... first thing in the morning, but no pain ... but now I count my blessings that PMR
Posted: Jun 1, 2022
My first indication something was wrong was constant pain in my left shoulder deep inside. Then...
fascitous but now I know it was early PMR ... Pain meds did not help. ... muscles were attacked in my wrists and hands ... that point my PCP said she suspected PMR ... testing for other things said I had PMR
Hello @patzmar, Welcome to Connect. My Mayo Clinic rheumatologist who diagnosed my PMR started me at...
Clinic rheumatologist who diagnosed my PMR ... If you have PMR I think the starting ... "The mainstay of treatment of PMR ... On the other hand, Kremers et al,32 ... starting dose is not getting rid of the pain
New Member I am a 70 yr. old male, I was diagnosed with PMR in Feb....
yr. old male, I was diagnosed with PMR ... 1-2 on a 10 scale and mostly in my hands ... shoulders and pelvis along with my hands ... Pain in my hands is gone and shoulder ... the same energy level I had prior to PMR
I would not take it again, knowing that this disease could results from it. We're now...
my neck, shoulders, arms and right hand ... put me in excrutiating pain, I probably ... even know there was such a thing as PMR
Wow, @floridabonnie, it sounds like you have a good Primary Care doctor! My PCP didn't diagnose...
My PCP didn't diagnose PMR after ... terrible feeling, the combination of pain ... cover so I wouldn't have to use my hand
Hi @priscillat, You will notice that we added a little to the title of your discussion...
I've experienced some pain and stiffness ... in the fingers joints and hands when ... my PMR was active but have associated ... syndrome which I also have in both hands ... ever seen an orthopedics doctor or hand
I am new to this group discussion board and at age 74 was disagnosed in Nov....
74 was disagnosed in Nov. 2020 with PMR ... My pain started in my neck, shoulders ... feet eventually making my arms and hands ... suddenly had a serious flare of PCR pain
Posted: Oct 8, 2021
I was just diagnosed two weeks ago and now on 20mg Prednisone daily. I had been...
I've been in pain management for ... The shoulder pain would get so bad it ... in my wrists and hands, right shoulder ... My pain management provider referred ... He diagnosed me with PMR and ordered
I've experienced some pain in the hands when my PMR was active, although not as bad...
I've experienced some pain in the ... hands when my PMR was active, although ... not as bad as the pain in my shoulders ... Carpal tunnel syndrome; Pain in the ... knees, wrists, and hands affecting only
Recently diagnosed with PMR that was then changed to RA. Feeling nervous about this diagnosis and...
Recently diagnosed with PMR that was ... is tapered I am getting some of the pain ... Will I eventually have the hand disfiguring
I actually got a call after all my testing came back and he changed it from...
testing came back and he changed it from PMR ... I feel like my symptoms are PMR...and ... however I have to say it feels like the pain ... The pain is always there...just tolerable ... I don't have any hand symptoms yet
Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old
Posted: Oct 3, 2020
Hello Eileen @dreamer38, fortunately my PMR is still in remission. Sorry to hear you've had some...
Eileen @dreamer38, fortunately my PMR ... to hear you've had some severe pain ... come back in your hands, wrists, neck ... Both occurrences of PMR I was put on ... and after I took the first dose, the pain