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I am fairly new with PMR (8/1/23) and am on 20 mg prednisone. My question is...
I am fairly new with PMR (8/1/23) and ... . iI I were to get the symptoms of GCA ... likely is that to happen 6 months into PMR ... did it take you - if you developed GCA ... after a PMR diagnosis, to get GCA?
I was originally diagnosed with PMR in Dec 2019. After taking my first 15mg of Prednisone...
I was originally diagnosed with PMR ... to being told to taper too quickly GCA ... down to 5mg then up I go again as PMR ... I managed to reduce it to 4mg and GCA ... We're all aware that GCA can cause
Posted: Sep 20, 2023
Thank you so much for sharing your journey regarding your PMR/GCA. I'm not only going to...
sharing your journey regarding your PMR ... /GCA. ... with everything else going on with my PMR ... and possibly GCA. ... Once I get my test results back for GCA
@hopeinal I haven't experienced this with my occurrences of PMR but I think it could be...
experienced this with my occurrences of PMR ... it could be Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... you might want to read here: --- PMR ... progressing to GCA? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-progressing-to-gca-broken-vessels-in-eye
Discussion: PMR - Red Eyes?
Posted: Aug 21, 2023
Yes. It's a matter of controlling the inflammation (pain) to avoid getting GCA (Giant Cell Arteitis)....
inflammation (pain) to avoid getting GCA ... 95% of what I've learned about PMR ... , GCA, and tapering has been from this
Posted: Aug 9, 2023
Hi @5333, I was diagnosed with GCA and had PMR for a year previously. My diagnosis...
Hi @5333, I was diagnosed with GCA and ... had PMR for a year previously. ... that most that are diagnosed with PMR ... to be on the alert for symptoms of GCA
That does sound troubling. I’m sorry this is happening to you. My family has definitely also...
sound suspicious in the context of PMR ... … It’s my father who has PMR (I am his ... shortly after being diagnosed with PMR ... The hospital said it wasn’t GCA, but ... Who is treating you for the PMR, and
Hello @gerryandnancydupont, Welcome to Connect. What you are describing doesn't sound like the typical onset of...
;t sound like the typical onset of PMR ... to get off of prednisone once the PMR ... that mimic polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... starting dose for most people for PMR ... information you might find helpful. --- GCA
Hi @bren2023 - So sorry you’re dealing with this and you’ve seen multiple doctors now who...
that it is possible to still have PMR ... GCA, which occurs frequently with PMR ... Higher doses are used for GCA or if ... usually best positioned to diagnose PMR
Hi, You and I have a bit in common. I am 80 years old and was...
80 years old and was diagnosed with GCA ... I had PMR diagnosed late 2015 and my ... I forgot [almost] that I had had PMR ... Now with GCA, prednisone has given
Posted: Jun 18, 2023
@pkalkstein I'm writing just to say how important and clear I think your post is.....it is...
PMR/GCA...we don't get cured, and ... the pain, taper slowly and stave off GCA ... diagnosed with the flu...probably PMR ... and it ramped into GCA and I lost sight
Discussion: Breakthrough Pain?
Posted: Jun 11, 2023
Wishing you luck... I don't know if GCA could pop up again as a problem, but...
I don't know if GCA could pop up ... My dad was deemed negative for GCA, ... his caregiver; he is the one with PMR ... He was never diagnosed with GCA; his