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Hi @dmoonchild, the chapter on Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica in Cecil and Goldman's Textbook...
for PMR, CRP (c-reactive protein); GCA ... trouble with your jaw when eating, vision ... I had symptoms of PMR and GCA for a
Posted: Sep 29, 2022
I have GCA. I doubt that what you are experiencing in your eye has to do...
I have GCA. ... experiencing in your eye has to do with GCA ... For me, I lost my vision temporarily ... Do you have any other symptoms of GCA
Posted: Sep 27, 2022
Hi @naezzo, a lower dosage of prednisone (about 20 mg) is supposed to miraculously make symptoms...
companion disorder, Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... jaw pain, low energy, a dry cough, vision ... me, but I advanced to symptoms of GCA
Posted: Aug 21, 2022
Hi @lmdohrmann, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with Teri @tsc. I...
temples or scalp and if I was having any vision ... was worried about the possibility of GCA ... discuss the symtpoms and testing for GCA
Posted: Jun 16, 2022
Hi @lmdohrman, I was not diagnosed for a year. I think I had the pain of...
My mother-in-law had GCA in the mid ... I was lucky not to damage my vision. ... I think of GCA as a thief in the night
Posted: Jun 16, 2022
What were your symptoms of GCA? I have just been diagnosed with PMR. Did 5 days...
What were your symptoms of GCA? ... Have not been tested for GCA and don ... Not really sure if this is GCA or just ... specifically in my temple area and my vision
Posted: Jun 16, 2022
@tsc and @aspine. You are so right, @tsc. I was diagnosed in March, 2019, with the...
in March, 2019, with the dreadful GCA ... the symptoms you related - loss of vision ... GCA is nothing to fool with, and needs
Hello John, Thanks for your reply. I have read about both conditions, but didn't think I...
conditions, but didn't think I had GCA ... I had vision problems shortly after ... If it was GCA, wouldn't the prednisone ... then help the blurry vision? ... but I'm very concerned about my vision
Discussion: PMR and vision
Posted: Aug 14, 2021
Hello @maryft, Welcome to Connect. You may want to ask your doctor if you may also...
may also have Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... tenderness, facial pain or blurry vision ... can indicate Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... Symptoms include headaches and blurred vision ... other symptoms along with the blurry vision
Discussion: PMR and vision
Posted: Aug 14, 2021
@karinaph, I didn't realize you have GCA too. I can certainly relate to your symptoms of...
karinaph, I didn't realize you have GCA ... relate to your symptoms of head pain, vision ... big problem before I finally got the GCA
Posted: Feb 24, 2021
Hi everybody. Another rare vascular disease that causes all sorts of issues is Giant Cell Arteritis...
of issues is Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... prednisone in hospital, because I had lost vision ... querying vascular issues) ever had GCA ... Mine presented with the vision loss ... protocol, in order to save further vision
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Posted: Jan 31, 2021
I received the original shingles vaccine that was all in one dose by a different manufacturer....
GCA is a secondary consequence of PMR ... My vision was definitely affected and ... I experienced double vision, vertigo ... I, too, was told that GCA is negative ... caused so many to acquire PMR and GCA
It is interesting that you had a flare of psoriasis after stopping Prednisone. Has anyone ever...
not saying you don't have PMR/GCA ... reason why you can't have both PMR/GCA ... Uveitis can cause vision loss and is ... treated as a medical emergency just like GCA
We finally saw Rheumatologist and he sent my husband for urgent bloodwork. It came back ok....
says there is further decrease in vision ... left with a small strip of blurred vision ... Anyhow GCA & PMR are a nasty business
Posted: Sep 28, 2024
I have been on prednisone for 3 years now. At one point I was up to...
At one point I was up to 60 mg for GCA ... drops have eased the pressure and my vision
Posted: Sep 6, 2024
I would absolutely agree that PMR precedes GCA flares in some people. That would happen to...
absolutely agree that PMR precedes GCA ... uveitis can affect a person's vision ... too and can lead to vision loss.
Posted: Sep 5, 2024
Anyone who would even think of the possibility of losing their eyesight, would be very nervous...
shows what your chances are of having GCA ... TMJ but I also had really bad double vision ... treated quite a few cases of PMR and GCA ... So regarding GCA. ... Upon onset of GCA symptoms, a person