Polymyalgia Rheumatica, giant cell arthritis causing great pain to sufferers everywhere.
July 28th, 2010
Conclusions: US and PDUS can be useful in distinguishing, at onset of disease, pure PMR from other diseases mimicking this condition.
PMID: 20653466 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology)MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.
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July 11th, 2010
A few months ago I had a sinus infection, and the doctor prescribed prednisone. Almost immediately I noticed that I felt better than I had in years. I had constantly felt like I had been run over by a truck, but it had developed so gradually that I wasn’t really aware that I was sore, arms and legs falling asleep, muscles super tense etc. The prescription was for a tapering dose, starting at ten pills a day. When I got down to seven pills a day, the symptoms started returning, so after I finished the supply, I went back to the doctor. He said that immediate response to prednisone was one of the indicators of a rheumatic disease, possibly polymyalgia. Does anyone have information about this disease, and about the co relation between the time prednisone acts on pain, and diagnosis of rheumatic diseases?
Conclusion: IS is decreased in PMR, probably reflecting abnormal cytokine and adipokine levels. Treatment with prednisolone improves IS along with normalization of cytokine and adipokine levels and physical activity.
PMID: 20615159 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology)MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.
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June 4th, 2010
Abstract A case of apoplectic lymphocytic hypophysitis complicated by polymyalgia rheumatica (PMA) is described. A 72-year-old man
was admitted to our hospital due to severe headache. Two months prior to admission, the patients had exhibited recent-onset
stiffness and myalgia of shoulder and pelvic girdle that was compatible with PMR. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass
lesion in the pituitary fossa with focal hemorrhage. Endocrinologic studies demonstrated hypopituitarism. The headache and
myalgia were improving with corticosteroid treatment; however, a trans-sphenoidal surgery was performed due to visual field
loss. A white-colored mass was resected, and histologic examination showed diffuse infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma
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May 29th, 2010
May 27th, 2010
Conclusion: Patients with high BMI ([ge] 25 kg/m2) are not more likely to develop PMR. BMI did not influence the duration of glucocorticoid therapy or the occurrence of GCA in patients with PMR. (Source: APLAR Journal of Rheumatology)MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.
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May 14th, 2010
Conclusions. Patients hospitalized for PMR and GCA had a marginally increased risk of cancer, with the highest risk noted for the first year after hospitalization. However, for specific cancers, such as skin cancer and leukaemia, the increases were still significant for patients diagnosed later than 1 year after hospitalization, suggesting that these could be true associations, but the mechanisms remain to be established. (Source: Rheumatology)MedWorm Message: Register forMedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.
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May 6th, 2010
Authors: Hagihara K, Kawase I, Tanaka T, Kishimoto T
PMID: 20439532 [PubMed - in process] (Source: J Rheumatol)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.
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April 23rd, 2010
Conclusion
US may be a responsive additional tool in monitoring the response to corticosteroids in patients with PMR in daily practice and multicentre trials. (Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.
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