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@bren2023, I'm sure you are not alone with the PMR symptoms but normal labs. Quite a...
;m sure you are not alone with the PMR ... symptoms but normal labs. ... Quite a few others have mentioned PMR ... with normal blood work if you want ... search=pmr+with+normal+esr+and+crp.
Posted: May 20, 2025
Hi @gailg, I can't answer your question about doctors in Colorado,but I had full onset PMR...
when normal ESR and CRP coexist ... can be considered (even if ESR and ... CRP are both normal) if the proposed ... of other biomarkers in adjunct to ESR ... and CRP can give additional information
Posted: Aug 8, 2024
@sharon44r my CRP and ESR labs were elevated when I was first diagnosed but I remember...
@sharon44r my CRP and ESR labs were ... diagnosed but I remember them being normal ... symptoms/flare ups with normal labs ... and discussions from members about normal ... search=pmr+with+normal+labs.
@seniormed Thank you for the info. Yes, ESR and CRP values taken before steroids were started....
Yes, ESR and CRP values taken before ... Both were elevated ESR 55 CRP 88. ... autoantibodies, uric acid all negative/normal ... CBC and CMP normal results (for me). ... Typical stiffness/pain pattern for PMR
Posted: Jan 8 10:47pm
Hi Julie, Welcome to this forum and I'm glad you are off Prednisone so soon. You...
I wonder about CRP and ESR not being ... Then again, I'm not sure ESR and ... CRP were ever that reliable because ... some people with PMR/GCA have normal
I agree with seniormed. Not everyone will test positive for the ESR and Sedrate but its...
everyone will test positive for the ESR ... My sedrate and crp were normal but my ... HS-CRP was off the charts. ... thought that had anything to do with PMR
Discussion: Possible PMR
Posted: Jan 11 6:08am
PMR / GCA positive diagnosis by pet scan thirteen months ago. ( nov 2024) After 3...
PMR / GCA positive diagnosis by pet ... curlier than before) Currently nil PMR ... / GCA symptoms and normal crp and ... esr since one month into treatment
Yes. Promptly responded to 20 mg of prednisone within 6 hours. ESR, CRP, all rheumatic disease...
ESR, CRP, all rheumatic disease blood ... and lab tests were and have remained normal ... Firstly, PMR does not cause permanent ... I recently read “The Myth of Normal
Discussion: Newly diagnosed
Posted: Jan 22 11:01am
GCA is for Giant Cell Arteritis. I would highly recommend seeing a rheumatologist for vision change...
My husband had PMR and later developed ... To diagnose it they checked his ESR ... and CRP blood levels for inflammation ... a month into it and his levels are normal ... His PMR was under control.
Posted: Mar 20, 2024
@lizward46 greetings Liz and all the PMR-crowd ! Liz-you and I have SO many PMR-similarities -...
Liz-you and I have SO many PMR-similarities ... So even tho' I had a normal -range ... CRP and ESR ( Nov 29) I decided to ... would say that strictly because of the normal ... CRP/ESR she has ruled out a flare-up
Posted: Dec 27, 2023
I, too, started at 10 last April and have a few more days at 1, then...
Crp in early Oct was 1.9 and ESR was ... ESR at it’s worst was high normal though ... CRP was in the 30’s. ... Pmr made me a little paranoid so I pause ... I had a very bad case of pmr.
I remember when I first started taking Actemra about 4 years ago. My ESR and CRP...
My ESR and CRP were always somewhat ... assumed being slightly elevated was normal ... After Actemra was started, my ESR and ... think in conjunction with having no PMR ... symptoms then PMR might be in remission
My heart goes out to you...it is a difficult road as it is and now dealing...
Note....once you are on Actemra your CRP ... AND ESR are always normal...so bloodwork ... I'd never heard of GCA or PMR and
Hello- I was diagnosed with PMR 12/2021 by my Primary care provider. She started me on...
Hello- I was diagnosed with PMR 12/2021 ... My ESR is high normal and CRP still ... rheumatologist is not convinced I have PMR
Posted: Apr 11, 2023
@johnlo, I didn't have that issue with my Mayo rheumatologist. You can have PMR with normal...
You can have PMR with normal CRP and ... ESR levels but a lot of doctors seem ... -- Polymyalgia rheumatica with normal
Posted: Jan 27, 2023
Hi Keelin. This is an interesting case as so many of us have considered Prednisone a...
but I suspect that your Sed Rate (ESR ... ) and CRP levels were way out of norm ... perhaps share if those levels have normalized ... very beginning, my Sed Rate's and CRP ... have been very low (normal).
Posted: Dec 1, 2022
I am 72, have had PMR for over a year now, on prednisone for almost a...
I am 72, have had PMR for over a year ... legs are not the "classic" PMR ... did not mention lab results, but my ESR ... high (35) but not really high and my CRP ... was normal.
Posted: Jun 23, 2022
My rheumatologist said that not all people with PMR have very high CRP and ESR levels....
have very high CRP and ESR levels. ... Due to my symptoms and ESR of 35 he ... Normal is 0-20. ... I guess most people with PMR have a ... of 35 rules out PMR.
Discussion: CRP and SED levels
Posted: Mar 27, 2022