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Last Covid Booster in August 2022 I’ve had severe pain. Probable PMR
Booster in August 2022 I’ve had severe pain ... Probable PMR ... Then it spread to both shoulders and hands ... told me Lupus but it could also be PMR ... Now 6 weeks off pain was worse than
Last active: Apr 28, 2023
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
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
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: Aug 10 10:25am
How much pain to tolerate
How much pain to tolerate ... I started with PMR in June - July and ... I do have hand pain, tight leg muscles ... loosen during the day and shoulder pain ... Question is how much pain is worth tolerating
Last active: Nov 23, 2024
Is your pain always bilateral and ever involve nerve tingling?
Is your pain always bilateral and ever ... My pain started with hips/thighs, then ... on to shoulders/arms, then hands/fingers ... in one lower leg along with nerve pain ... wondering if this could be part of PMR
Last active: Jan 17 9:09am
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
PMR Case Study with Remaining Questions as of 09-04-2025
Could not get out of bed with major pain ... Pain - Originally neck, back, shoulders ... Pain tapering - dizziness, both shoulders ... hurting and ongoing or aggravating pain ... and have meds on hand to address.
Last active: Sep 10 6:00pm
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
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
Can steroids cause peripheral vascular disease
healthy before being diagnosed with PMR ... from a sitting position is still hard/painful ... My arms and hands no longer hurt.
Last active: Jul 4 9:06am
Stopping a pending adrenal crisis
the solu cortef injection to keep on hand ... is from 4 years on prednisone for PMR ... felt terribly ill, sweating, stomach pain
Last active: May 28 6:21am
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
Post Surgery Expectations
Woke up this morning with no PMR related ... pains (original areas have been fantastic ... for last 7 months and only hands swelled
Last active: Aug 29 8:19am