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karen81902
karen81902

CAN YOU HAVE A FLARE UP IN ONE ARM BUT NOT THE OTHER.  Trying to figure this out, if its from my injury or PM. 

thanks

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  • dan38655
    dan38655 karen81902

    Posted

    That is exactly what happened to me lately, though it was a case of my doing repetitive strenuous work that aggravated the pmr-caused, low-level bursitis that already existed in both shoulders.

    I aggravated my right shoulder bursitis condition by lawn-mowing in step terrain.

    I have been forced to increase my pred dosage from just 2.5mg to 4-5mg/day, over the last several days. I could barely raise my arm or move it outward toward my right side, very painful.

    Good news is that this "injury" to my inflamed bursae has improved over the last  several days, now back to almost "normal" while I am already starting to taper back down quickly toward 2mg or 2.5mg/day.

    Seems that the added 2-3mg of prednisone did the trick toward recovery, took a few days though.

  • BillyP
    BillyP karen81902

    Posted

    In my case, i find if i have a flare up it is all or nothing.........It may be confined to 

    the upper or lower body,,,BUT,,mostly all over,,,,,,never one side or the other.....

    If i have a sore arm ..for instance...i know it is a problem of over working that arm..not my PMR...how ever if i up my pred it will help with the pain...giving me a

    false impression that it may have been a PMR problem......But remember that 

    having PMR does make your muscles more susceptable  to damage ,then more

    pain,....  For me.....pred is not effective for nerve pain.....nerve pain can be in any area of the body, and in my opinion.has nothing to do with PMR.......

    Having said that.......for me....i am wondering if i have a good dose of nerve

    pain,possibly it may be  a trigger factor for my PMR to flare up somewhat.....

    I am still thinking about that.................

    • BillyP
      BillyP

      Posted

      Maybe i should modify that post.......for me oral pred is no good for my

      nerve pain ......the jury is still out on injections...........

    • EileenH
      EileenH BillyP

      Posted

      Certainly there are a people I know who have required hip replacements - and once their hip pain was dealt with, they were able to taper off pred relatively easily compared with previous tapering. It was as if the pain from the OA was enough to upset their immune system and the PMR.
  • muddyooch
    muddyooch karen81902

    Posted

    Hi Karen-I am new to this forum and not definitively DX w pmr as of yet...I have tremendous pain in both hands among arms feet wrists ankles etc...is hand pain common with this disease?
    • EileenH
      EileenH muddyooch

      Posted

      I'm not sure you could say it is common - but the leeds rheumatology group have established that hand and foot involvement can be part of PMR.

  • BillyP
    BillyP karen81902

    Posted

    For me.....i get pain in the wrists and in the fingers.....not in the palms  of my hands

    (does that make sense ???)    but is always associated with shoulder pain on 

    both sides..........strangely enough.....not so much pain in my thumbs.......

    • dan38655
      dan38655 BillyP

      Posted

      Within my first year with pmr, I had serious thumb-joint involvement, to the point where visible redness and swelling  required me to soak in hot water each morning, to reduce the stiffness.

      That reappeared a few times within the first year and a half.

      I also had a feeling of having bruised the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet, both came on after six months.  These reappeared roughly once a year but in a much less severe episode.

      I actually bought new, wider shoes for the first go-round of such foot problems.

      Upping the pred dosage seems to be the necessary aproach to these localized problems as well as the fatigue and everything else.

      The most stubborn symptoms that persist to a degree after the pred has dealt with everything else are the upper-arm and shoulders  range-of-motion within which I can apply any force. That, and a spot under my shoulder blade that itches almost all the time. All this after 3-1/2 years with pmr and flexible dosage down below 5mg these days.

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