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PMR and prior immune disorders

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Danrower
Danrower

Is there a correlation between PMR and those who have had prior histories of immune (auto or otherwise) disorders ( including but not limited to asthma, skin rashes or symptoms, systemic, arthiritis) I wonder about  patterns.

As I have mentioned, I think many times the beginnings of PMR are stimulated by stress and trauma. I wonder if there are commen auto immune markers or conditions which are precursors to PMR.

I have had chronic eczema (Dyshidrosis), hands, backs of knees and elbows, since a child, and vitIligo since the teens, a skin condition which causes spontaneous skin pigment loss, sometimes partial repigmentation occors. Less noticable on light skin.

Gosh, we tell all here, don't we?

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  • noninoni
    noninoni Danrower

    Posted

    I have had several autoimmune diseases, but none that relate to the skin, so I don't fit the MAS 1, 2 or 3.  I have had microscopic colitis for 30 years (inflamed guts), then bird breeder's lung disease (inflamed lungs), and hypothyroidism for many years.  The first and last ones run in the family.

        Since I have been on prednisone, there is one marvelous problem seems to have gone away:  I would occassionally wake in the morning not just with leg cramps, but extreme leg cramps, so I would have to lie there in fetal position for 15 minutes absolutely frozen until they went away. 

  • charlie44644
    charlie44644 Danrower

    Posted

    Any association with Lyme Disease? Ticks.

    Charlie 44644

    • EileenH
      EileenH charlie44644

      Posted

      Only in the sense it should be part of the differential diagnosis because the symptoms can be so similar. People develop PMR in areas where there is no borreliosis and in people who have not been exposed to it. Lyme is a bacterial disease - PMR almost certainly isn't.
  • misdiagnose
    misdiagnose Danrower

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    I had allergic rhinitis for years in my 20s affecting my career (sneezing about 60 times a day which was especially bad around horses. tree pollen and cats). I had a cat at the time but in 1970s not much was known about this by my GP who said "My patients don't normally come to see me when they have a head cold!" I paid to have a hospital blood test and found the cat another home and my problem cleared. My ME/chronic fatigue at the age of 30 was a shock and I had to crawl up the stairs on all fours and my GP was scathing and sneering that I wanted a sickness certificate and refused to give me one, saying I needed to see a psychiatrist. When I got PMR symptoms about 6 years ago, I didn't bother going to my GP but changed my job so I could work from home, dealt with it with massager, spa baths and topical anti-inflammatory creams and gels. When I got GCA symptoms, I knew I had to go to my GP for prednisolone, tests and scans but I was misdiagnosed so now I have possible artery damage (been on 7mg of prednisolone for 6 months). I had a lot of illness as a child and teenager and don't remember ever feeling well. No faith in the medical profession where I am down as being hypochondriac. 
    • Danrower
      Danrower misdiagnose

      Posted

      Yes, miss,

      I understand.

      I don't think many people "fake" illness. I have been listening to the words used to describe illnesses, and the interesting thing: when it's sorted out, the similarities of the words and descriptions among people with the same malady are remarkable! Example: I have heard several times people describe their movements as "walking like a 90 year old" when describing PMR. 

      I admit that I used to think that fibromyalgia was a receptacle for overly sensitive hypochondriacs complaining of perceived pains. And then I denied my own symptoms for 10 years. Why should we be any different than any other animals? For the vast majority: people don't fake illness.

      I am sorry you have dealt with the Docs that don't listen, and I'm sure that you see here, that appears to be the rule, not the exception. Usually takes a few months or more to get a diagnosis of PMR. Difficult time. Stay strong in your belief in self. 

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