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Can Prominent Veins be caused by PMR or PRED ?

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Flutterbie57
Flutterbie57

Over the last 2 weeks I have sometimes had very prominent veins in my left arm/hand. This is most unusal for me - my veins and pulse have always been hard to find. I get so many new health issues come and go,  I don't want to race off to the Dr every time something weird happens. Has any one else experienced this ?

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  • constance.de
    constance.de Flutterbie57

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    The veins on my hands now stand out almost as much as if they were on 'top' of the skin.  I never thought it might be due to PMR though.  I lost a lot of weight on Pred (10 kilos) so I put it down to that.  I also see my veins much more on my legs.  It will be interesting to hear what our experts think of this topic.
    • Flutterbie57
      Flutterbie57 constance.de

      Posted

      I have read that weight loss can be a reason, but unfortunately I have not lost any weight. My veins have never been visible, but some were sitting on top of my arm like yours.
  • james_ensor
    james_ensor Flutterbie57

    Posted

    It is quite normal for the veins to protrude, often because of weight loss. But I think that it can occur withiout that as a side-effect.
  • julian.
    julian. Flutterbie57

    Posted

    must be my day for "me too". I noticed similar, occasionally. protruding veins on back of my hands and sometimes forearms several months ago.

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    I also noticed the opposite before a recent medical procedure. Unfortunate prep nurse having trouble finding a suitable vein reckoned "dehydration" as no fluids for many hours.

    • constance.de
      constance.de julian.

      Posted

      Oh good heavens!  Really we just ought to ignore all these things and just get on with our lives.

      💃🏄🍷☕️🍻🍟

    • wendy43316
      wendy43316 constance.de

      Posted

      That's what I'm doing .got to see rheumatologist today , need to ask questions , was diagnosed six weeks ago .but not going to let it take over my life
    • constance.de
      constance.de wendy43316

      Posted

      Good for you!  It's taken me 4 years to come to this decision - more fool me!😡
    • julian.
      julian. constance.de

      Posted

      maybe just me - I never ignore change in anything. It may be important and a stitch in time ... But I also keep it in perspective. It has to be something really bad to stop me.

      The 5 seconds (literally) of doctor time was hardly excessive. It was in the analysis part of a "maybe insect bite possibly shingles" consultation about very swollen leg and it may have meant something to doc - the first and only blister appeared a few hours later.

      pmr is really just another change in life. Needs a bit of adapting and managing one's life around, but letting it take over - never.

    • debbie27473
      debbie27473 constance.de

      Posted

      Hi Constance. Just a thought. I think that coming on the forum with these changes/symptoms and hearing that others are also having them, allows us to do just that. Put them to the back of one's mind and carry on. It enables us to sort out what is 'normal' for us and what might need medical attention. Surely that is what a forum like this is all about. Love your symbols at the bottom of your post but can't quite work out what the last one is. Looks like a portion of Macdonad's fries! Made me fancy some like mad.......I blame the Pred lol :-}
    • constance.de
      constance.de debbie27473

      Posted

      Sorry about your 'fancy' - it's me I was talking about!  Hate to think anyone would rush out and buy chips (fries) because of something I wrote.  It's easy for me.  I don't suffer from hunger and therefore am not over weight.  But heh!  Isn't the odd glass of wine, beer, coffee, tea just great?
    • constance.de
      constance.de

      Posted

      Forgot to say.  I joined this forum one year ago and it has changed my life - I really am not knocking it.  I was 'alone' with my doctor (great person) and rheumy (rubbish) for three years before that and when I found this forum I was, and am, in my element.  People understood, listened, advised.

      Really sorry if I sounded uncaring, I'm not.  Just every now and again I try and cheer people up.  There is light at the end of the tunnel.  I'm not there yet, but I know it's round the next corner.

  • EileenH
    EileenH Flutterbie57

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    • Anhaga
      Anhaga EileenH

      Posted

      I never noticed these prominent veins until shortly after I was put on prednisone.  They are really quite alarming.  I had already lost a lot of weight, so it wasn't that, and my blood pressure has always been low to normal and still is.  I think the only remaining reason in my case must be due to thinning skin layers, caused by the prednisone?  They only go away when I raise my arms so the blood drains the other way.  Concerned that eventually I'll have varicose veins in my legs.  Sigh.
    • Flutterbie57
      Flutterbie57 EileenH

      Posted

      Thanks Eileen.  This was just so out of the ordinary for me. The veins have all become invisible again. (in my left arm). They went from one extreme to the other, just for a couple of weeks.
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