Open AccessPolymyalgia Rheumatica: An Overview
Author(s) -
Sami M. Bahlas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
saudi journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-5763
pISSN - 1658-7367
DOI - 10.32790/med.1.1.2
Subject(s) - polymyalgia rheumatica , shoulders , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , medicine , constitutional symptoms , c reactive protein , physical therapy , surgery , dermatology , inflammation , disease , vasculitis , giant cell arteritis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica is a syndrome with a self-limited course, which affects mainly on the elderly persons. The chief complaints consist of pain and stiffness of the shoulders and the pelvic girdles with constitutional symptoms, plus a high erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. The course can be shortened by corticosteroids.