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Discussions (40)
How about knee and lower leg pain?
How about knee and lower leg pain? ... I've had undiagnosed PMR for 4 years ... Slowly went away but changed to hands ... Hand got better and then it went to ... is knees and lower legs with nerve pains
Last active: Jun 10, 2024
Does diet affect the occurrence and severity of pain?
affect the occurrence and severity of pain ... I was diagnosed with PMR in May 2023 ... I did get relief from pain and have ... in both hand and general pain everywhere ... Aside from this I found increased pain
Last active: Jun 6, 2024
Doctors' confusion over diagnosis: Questions they should ask
Since a rheumatologist diagnosed my PMR ... Because PMR is a disease of the old ... It seems to me that PMR is distinctive ... What eases the pain? ... Stiffness in the hands?
Last active: Jun 2, 2024
Carpal tunnel symptoms and PMR: What choices do I have?
Carpal tunnel symptoms and PMR: What ... some numbness in my right (dominant) hand ... decreased the Prednisone to zero the hand ... discovered that 2 1/2 Mg knocks out the pain ... stay on Prednisone and manage the pain
Last active: May 22, 2023
Deep aching migrating pain in lowr legs/arms?
Deep aching migrating pain in lowr legs ... in my buttocks, lower legs and arms/hands ... answer, I was finally diagnosed with PMR ... and there in the PMR forums I'm ... talked to recognize it as part of PMR
Last active: Dec 6, 2023
Took a Fall
Rotator cuffs and shoulders still painful ... Not much due to rot cuff/shldr pain. ... As well, landed on both hands and have ... I did read that pmr can be triggered ... PMR is another story.
Last active: Oct 10, 2024
Has anyone experienced edema in their ankles and feet?
I contracted PMR 8 months ago when I ... stiffness in my neck and swelling in my hands ... swelling in my feet and ankles and a pain ... just intermittently use Advil for pain
Last active: Aug 28, 2024
Weaning off long term use of prednisone.
prednisone 10 mg 12-13 years ago for PMR ... started reducing I got disfiguring and painful ... calcium deposits in my hands and my
Last active: Jul 23, 2023
Can PMR be induced by Exercise
Can PMR be induced by Exercise ... stated this routine I stated to develop pain ... leg which I just thought was muscle pain ... My only current pain is very mild in ... my fingers on both hands in the morning
Last active: Jun 19, 2024
Supplements to reduce inflammation
I was diagnosed with PMR about a year ... The pain in my arms, hands and shoulders ... got the high does flu shot and the pains ... think that is what is causing the pain
Last active: Dec 30, 2021
Is it PMR (and/) or Osteoarthritis?
Is it PMR (and/) or Osteoarthritis? ... My encounter with PMR began in November ... when suddenly I was beset with the pain ... I am wondering now if in fact the PMR ... If so, perhaps I should stop hand-splitting
Last active: Apr 10, 2024
how to know how much to increase Prednisone dosage during flare
I have PMR and tapered down from 20mg ... , yesterday I woke up stiff and in pain ... My right hand is swollen and useless ... cannot drive and my hips and knees are painful
Last active: Jul 17, 2024
Questioning my diagnosis of PMR
Questioning my diagnosis of PMR ... I never considered it pain. ... I was given a working diagnosis of PMR ... to hold onto a banister with both hands ... others, I wonder if indeed I do have PMR
Last active: Jul 1, 2022
PMR and tapering -- will blood work change?
PMR and tapering -- will blood work ... was feeling better and most of the pain ... I still have some stiffness in my hands ... the Prednisone eliminated all of the pain ... Do you take any over the counter pain
Last active: Jul 6, 2021
Temporal Arteritis, PMR, RA
Temporal Arteritis, PMR, RA ... diagnosed with TA~had headaches and jaw pain ... Welcome PMR! ... I have had arthritic looking hands for
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Feb 4, 2024
New Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (Husband)
subject of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR ... interaction"; people who may have PMR ... the knees, and at a lesser level, hands ... He has no neuropathic pain, but a severe ... But on the 3rd day, the pain, weakness
Last active: Feb 29, 2024
Multiple triggers aka when the chickens come home to roost
illness or virus contributed to my pmr ... My hands, wrists, arms and shoulders ... to what I ultimately felt with the pmr ... accidentally jammed into my left arm, hand ... noticed soreness in my wrists and hands
Last active: Jun 3, 2023
Progression and Regression?
My still formally undiagnosed "PMR ... " started as thigh pain in January ... months ago but we didn't discuss PMR ... The next day, all the pain was back. ... Hard to close my hands...never had hand
Last active: Aug 1, 2024
The pros and cons of Prednisone
The pain was unbearable and I was hospitalized ... I have had PMR off and on for about ... lifesaving journey taking prednisone for pain ... thin, crepy skin on my forearms and hands ... of predisone for my breathing and pain
Last active: Jun 14, 2024
What a ride it has been ...for me at least!
I started my ride on this PMR train ... I had a few boxes in my left hand, and ... The pain was so intense. ... I had felt that same pain in my left ... but enlarged because of the PMR, that
Last active: Nov 11, 2023