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Man in 70s, terrible stiff muscles aches worst in am, sed rate 113...pmr? awaiting other labs. other possible dx's

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Really seems PMR: Those are classic symptoms of pmr, which is treatable with steroids. Not many other diseases are going to get you that high of a sed rate in that age group. Good luck!

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Answered 5/6/2016

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