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@srsmith3820, and all...I had the 1st of 2 covid infections last July 2023, 2nd covid in...
painful for days, and I developed PMR ... , but keep me on a steroid for the PMR ... , GCA, microscopic polymy-whatever-new
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Posted: Jan 25, 2024
Hello @taxmeless, Welcome to Connect. I would definitely be concerned about GCA given the symptoms you...
would definitely be concerned about GCA ... When I was diagnosed with PMR, my rheumatologist ... to make sure I didn't also have GCA ... doctor started you on any treatment for GCA ... had a temporal biopsy to check for GCA
Posted: Jan 11, 2024
Hi @nancy53, I had PMR for about six months and the results of lab tests only...
Hi @nancy53, I had PMR for about six ... I had GCA, diagnosed by a biopsy of ... Sometimes with PMR if the inflammation ... If it relieves the symptoms, then PMR
Posted: Jan 5, 2024
Hello @aboucat66, I thought I would pop in and welcome you to Connect while you wait...
I've had two occurrences of PMR ... approach to dealing with the symptoms of PMR ... Disease stratification in GCA and PMR
I had difficulty coming off prednisone after starting Actemra. It took me an entire year to...
insufficiency can be very similar to PMR ... thought my symptoms were caused by PMR ... Your PMR/GCA symptoms may gradually
Interesting paper about IL-6 and inflammatory diseases The Two-Faced Cytokine IL-6 in Host Defense and Diseases...
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu ... GCA is the most common large vessel ... study involving 251 patients with GCA ... of prednisone required to regulate GCA ... Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) PMR is
Posted: Dec 6, 2023
Not being able to taper gracefully is a good way to describe it. There was nothing...
Kevzara (sarilumab) was FDA approved for PMR ... fda-approves-sarilumab-for-the-treatment-of-adults-with-glucocorticoid-resistant-pmr ... Actemra is FDA approved for GCA.
Thank you for your words, which have given me hope. I am so glad to hear...
whole journey in October 2018 with PMR ... I was diagnosed with GCA in February ... However, throughout treatment for GCA ... that I have large-vessel vasculitis (GCA
Discussion: GCA conserns
Posted: Nov 30, 2023
Charlotte. I had PMR somewhere back around 2011 when I finally got off prednisone 2014 I...
I had PMR somewhere back around 2011 ... got off prednisone 2014 I developed GCA ... Never mentioned GCA during my treatment ... He too knew very little about PMR and ... rheumatologist do not know much about GCA
Posted: Nov 26, 2023
GCA, the black cloud hanging over the head of every PMR patient. My husband and I...
GCA, the black cloud hanging over the ... head of every PMR patient. ... I was diagnosed with PMR 3 months ago ... stressed at the thought of getting GCA
Posted: Nov 25, 2023
I was diagnosed with PMR and perhaps your Dr is correct about being on prednisone. I...
I was diagnosed with PMR and perhaps ... BUT, August 2022 I developed LGA [GCA ... blood tests during that period between PMR ... time of LGA I have had no symptoms of PMR
Posted: Nov 15, 2023
Sorry to hear your husband was diagnosed with GCA, but it's amazing that he doesn't have...
hear your husband was diagnosed with GCA ... #39;t really know a lot about either GCA ... or PMR, including what causes it, so ... #39;m glad your husband got over his PMR
Posted: Nov 14, 2023