Question: I’ve been diagnosed with polymyalgia. What is the distinction between polymyalgia and fibromyalgia? What is the treatment for polymyalgia? Answer: I can certainly understand the confusion ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an elderly onset syndrome characterised by aching and stiffness in the shoulders and the pelvic girdle associated to increased levels of acute phase reactants and rapid ...

Objective To explore primary care polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... “I thought suffering for years with arthritis was the cause of PMR” (81-year-old woman); “I have no idea, although I do have Arthritis ...

Tocilizumab was well-tolerated in elderly patients. Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease after rheumatoid arthritis,1 and affects older people. Despite ...

Rheumatic IrAEs have not been well described in clinical trials. We report here cases of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) occurring after ICI treatment. Methods This was a ...

i-med.ac.at Objective To compare current definitions of remission and relapse in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... PE (remitting seronegative syndrome with pitting oedema), peripheral arthritis, patient ...

Muscle pain is a main symptom in some types of arthritis-related diseases, such as fibromyalgia, myositis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Your muscles may also ache if they are weakened due to lack of use ...

Both polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... exclusively occur in the population aged over 50 years. After rheumatoid arthritis, PMR is the second most common autoimmune rheumatic disorder.

Polymyalgia rheumatica ... neck and hips – overlap with several other disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, which can make diagnosis challenging. "In rheumatology, we ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory condition affecting elderly people and involving the girdles. [1] The mainstay of treatment is oral glucocorticoids (GC), with the recent BSR ...