polymyalgia rheumatica
Polymyalgia rheumatica is a syndrome that causes pain and stiffness in the hips and shoulders of people over the age of 50.
Polymyalgia rheumatica
The disease often remits after a while, with no further treatment required.
Polymyalgia means "pain in many muscles". It is usually associated with the condition Polymyalgia rheumatica, a form of pain and stiffness that affects muscle groups throughout the body often simultaneously.
This condition may arise as often as once in every 2,000 people.
Women are afflicted twice as often as men.
If someone has polymyalgia rheumatica, they will more then likely endure stiffness in their neck, hips, and both shoulders. This stiffness will be worse in the morning and after long periods of inactivity. This stiffness will also be followed by limited range of motion in those joints.
Depending on context, it could mean polymyalgia rheumatica or patient medical report.
PMR is an acronym for: polymyalgia rheumatica.
Sometimes the stiffness is severe enough that it causes frozen shoulder.
Rarely does it affect people under 50 years old. The average age is 70.