Polymyalgia rheumatica

Polymyalgia rheumatica is a systemic inflammatory rheumatic disorder that predominantly affects adults aged 50 years and older It is clinically defined by subacute, bilateral aching pain and severe morning stiffness lasting longer than 45 minutes, localized primarily to the shoulder girdles, pelvic girdles, and neck Pathophysiologically, the condition involves periarticular inflammation characterized by bursitis, tenosynovitis, and synovitis, frequently accompanied by marked elevations in acute-...

Polymyalgia rheumatica is a systemic inflammatory rheumatic disorder that predominantly affects adults aged 50 years and older Pathophysiologically, the condition involves periarticular inflammation characterized by bursitis, tenosynovitis, and synovitis, frequently accompanied by marked elevations in acute-phase reactants such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein, and it is closely associated with giant cell arteritis

It is clinically defined by subacute, bilateral aching pain and severe morning stiffness lasting longer than 45 minutes, localized primarily to the shoulder girdles, pelvic girdles, and neck Pathophysiologically, the condition involves periarticular inflammation characterized by bursitis, tenosynovitis, and synovitis, frequently accompanied by marked elevations in acute-phase reactants such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein, and it is closely associated with giant cell art...

It is clinically defined by subacute, bilateral aching pain and severe morning stiffness lasting longer than 45 minutes, localized primarily to the shoulder girdles, pelvic girdles, and neck

Pathophysiologically, the condition involves periarticular inflammation characterized by bursitis, tenosynovitis, and synovitis, frequently accompanied by marked elevations in acute-phase reactants such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein, and it is closely associated with giant cell arteritis