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Books on PMR

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audrey25251
audrey25251

Amazon have suggested The Polymalgia Rhematica Diet by Susan Parker and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Causes, Tests and Treatments by John Hewitt. Has anyone read these and were they useful?

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  • EileenH
    EileenH audrey25251

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    The books advertised on Amazon are a pretty mixed bunch! At least one of the ones I found had less in it than this forum and the Hewitt one can be summarised very quickly: no known cause, tests variable (it is basically a clinical decision on symptoms plus ESR and CRP) and treatments Prednisolone. I can't imagine how he could justify a whole book!

    You can download samples of the books - click on the "look inside" bit on the illustration. It does often give you a good idea of how good or bad they may be. 

    But truly - you will find as much accurate and reliable medically backed info on this site and the PMRGCAUK northeast support site as any of these books and they are free.

    • audrey25251
      audrey25251 EileenH

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      Thank you Eileen and eveyone else who took the time to add their thoughts. As you say (and I suspected) there is much more help and information on this forum than in most books on the subject (with the honourable exception of Kate Gilbert's).
  • FlipDover_Aust
    FlipDover_Aust audrey25251

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    I just bought Kate Gilbert's survival guide - more to leave lying around than anything else. I have so much to tell the family about it but don't want to bleat on about it so I don't say anything!

    Has anyone read "Autoimmune: the cause and the cure" by Annesse Brockley?

    • EileenH
      EileenH FlipDover_Aust

      Posted

      No to have I read - but I'd be very sceptical since as far as normal mainstream medical science is concerned there isn't cure for most things. I have no doubt it is a diet theory (or something similar)? With a whole ream of things to be marketed?
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