Polymyalgia rheumatica?

Polymyalgia rheumatica?
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DefinitionPolymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disorder involving pain and stiffness in the hip or shoulder area.Causes, incidence, and risk factorsPolymyalgia rheumatica is a disorder that almost always occurs in people over 50 years old. The cause is unknown. Although symptoms are located mainly in the muscles and there are no outward signs of arthritis, in some cases there is evidence of inflammatory Arthritis.The disorder may occur alone, or with or before temporal arteritis, which is an inflammation of blood vessels (usually in the head).SymptomsAnemia (low number of red blood cells in the blood)Face painFatigue(excessive tiredness)FeverHip pain and stiffnessMalaise(general ill feeling)Muscle pain (minimal, less common than aching)Neck pain and stiffnessOther joint painShoulder p
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Polymyalgia rheumatica associated with 1) raised creatinine kinase 2) increased alkaline phosphotase 3) sudden loss of vision in one eye 4) shoulder and pelvic girdle pain in 40 year old man 5) erythema nodosum

Description : Polymyalgia rheumatica associated with 1) raised creatinine kinase 2) increased alkaline phosphotase 3) sudden loss of vision in one eye 4) shoulder and pelvic girdle pain in 40 year old man 5) erythema nodosum

Last Answer : Answers-2 Liver enzymes elevated in most patients. Visual disturbances suggestive of temporal arteritis, due to ischaemic changes in ciliary arteries (optic neuritis/infarction) and less commonly due to central artery occlusion. Raised CK in polymyositis. PMR is rare before the age of 50 years.