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Living well with Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Description: Eric Matteson, M.D., a rheumatologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., talks about polymyalgia rheumatic,...

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From actors like Kathleen Turner to sports legends like Terry Bradshaw, celebrities have spoken out about living with rheumatoid arthritis. Your immune system is designed to protect your body.
People with PMR typically respond well to treatment and most eventually recover entirely from the disease within one to five years. With appropriate treatment and regular follow-up care, individuals with PMR, and even those who develop GCA, can experience a normal and productive life.
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After years of “debilitating” upper body pain, Dan Reynolds questioned whether he would ever feel better again. The Imagine Dragons frontman had ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic autoimmune disease causing pain through the spine, but neither he — nor the multitudes of doctors he saw over two years — knew it.
A call from her doctor reveals she experienced something referred to as a lupus myositis rheumatoid overlap. Gomez was prescribed more Rituxan treatment, an antibody medication used to treat cancer and other types of autoimmune diseases, to help ease the joint pain.