Sharp pains in upper body
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For the past few days, I have been enduring pains and aches in the upper back, shoulder area, under armpit and right side of chest. I sometimes get moments where it is bad and then where it doesn't even hurt as much. It is kind of a dull pain that occurs when moving. I think it has been caused by excessive and awkward leaning, sitting and so forth as this was the result previously but I just wanted to hear your insight.
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If you still have PMR symptoms that means that the inflammation is still acitive in your arteries and that means you are running the long term risk of cardiovascular disease and an increased risk of developing a cancer of some sort. Some think that untreated PMR increases the risk of developing GCA. It is certain that 1 in 6 patients originally diagnosed with PMR will go on to develop GCA - and then there is no choice: you take very high dose pred or risk loss of vision.
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I see my PMD today and plan to discus my Prednisone dose with him.
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I had 6 months with really bad PMR, no pred and no car - because the stroke lead at the local hospital decided the transient global amnesia I'd had could have been epilepsy. She simply hadn't listened to me - she'd preferred to take a passing comment by my husband (a colleague of hers) as a basis. The episodes he had mentioned had been investigated and dismissed as food allergy reactions - a fact he claimed he didn't know! Well, he is a man!
However - I know what having my liberty removed is like, without a car I couldn't go anywhere. A GCA patient can end up with badly affected vision that is enough to stop them driving. All because a doctor is terrified to give pred - or they are terrified to take it. It now tends to be a knee jerk reaction to post in response to that type of comment - sorry.
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If you have pain then the best place for you is your GP.