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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, 2025
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, 2025
Just starting prednisone for recent PMR dx. Terrified of side effects
Just starting prednisone for recent PMR ... Recent dx of PMR with lack of markers ... doc last year after referral from hand ... my time-completely dismissed severe pain ... closely and moving my limbs around he dx PMR
Last active: Dec 22, 2025
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
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, 2025
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, 2025
Taking prednisone before sleep.
'm a couple of months down the PMR ... At this level, the pain which was mostly ... Elbows, hands and fingers are beginning ... otherwise, by the time I get to bed the pain ... difficult night's sleep because of pain
Last active: Apr 16, 2025
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
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
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