Polymyalgia rheumatica or PMR, is a relatively common condition that causes stiffness and pain in muscles. The word ‘poly’ means many and the word ‘myalgia’ means muscle pain.
Generally, when we read the term rheumatica we consider it as rheumatism but sometimes all rheumatoid related medical tests reports are negative still the patient is suffering from PMR.
Basically it's very tricky to find out whether the patient is suffering from PMR.Polymyalgia rheumatica can cause pain and stiffness in the shoulders,hands, neck, hips ,thighs , lower legs and back.
Ideally it should be start after age 50 or 70 but for few patient it used to start so early, specially those who have blood circulation issues.
Will continue to give more information...
No comments:
Post a Comment