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Uveitis was just the start of things to come when I was 32 years old. I...
Good thing I was too young for PMR/GCA ... combined could easily be misdiagnosed as PMR ... /GCA. ... 20353344 --------------------------- PMR ... I know the difference so I deny GCA
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
"I did approach my new rheumatologist (first appt with her) about checking for antibodies to Actemra…....
relapse you had while on Actemra a PMR ... /GCA relapse? ... It wasn't a PMR relapse though. ... I had a PMR relapse. ... didn't need prednisone to control PMR
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
Hello @debbiebas216, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @megz and others....
dose for both of my occurrences of PMR ... the rheumatologist/doctor suspect GCA ... in addition to the PMR. ... with my blood pressure meds and my PMR
Posted: Nov 5, 2024
My maternal aunt had GCA. My mother's family was primarily southern Italian descent. My mother in...
My maternal aunt had GCA. ... My mother in law had GCA. ... I read that the highest rates of GCA ... /PMR in the US are in Minnesota, and ... The earliest documentation of GCA was
Posted: May 30 2:31pm
My brother-in-law developed PMR about 12 years ago. I developed PMR about 2 years ago, and...
My brother-in-law developed PMR about ... I developed PMR about 2 years ago, and ... GCA one year ago.
Posted: May 29 10:32am
Hi John, Thank you for your welcome message. I feel like I have been in PT...
Prior to my PMR onset I was working ... But once I initially got PMR & GCA ... since I had lost 30 lbs with initial PMR ... and thought maybe that triggered a PMR
Posted: Jun 8 4:09pm
Welcome @wren1003, @nancy53 mentioned a PMR & GCA Facebook group that had a zoom meeting in...
Welcome @wren1003, @nancy53 mentioned a PMR ... & GCA Facebook group that had a ... discussions in the Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR ... particular question or topic related to PMR ... How long have you had PMR?
Discussion: Zoom Support Group
Posted: Jan 9 11:39am
When I had untreated GCA my jaw muscles got extremely fatigued when I was chewing food....
When I had untreated GCA my jaw muscles ... I also had undiagnosed PMR before the ... GCA, so lots of stiffness all over, ... But about half of people with GCA don ... 't have PMR.
Discussion: Possible GCA
Posted: Feb 21 1:50pm
My rheumatologist said basically the same thing. I thought he had me confused for someone else...
for 30 years already but daily for PMR ... /GCA treated with Prednisone is much ... suggests a more chronic nature of GCA ... than the existing expectation that GCA ... long-term disease course in patients with GCA
Discussion: Kevzara
Posted: Feb 21 3:04pm
People often have teeth pulled to relieve TN pain. That intervention doesn’t work. I am screened...
No evidence of GCA but I’m being treated ... with Actemra as if I have GCA. ... TN was diagnosed long before PMR was ... If your jaw hurts and you have PMR, ... you should be checked for GCA.
Posted: Jan 25 10:51am