Flare after positive Covid test: If PMR flares up... - PMRGCAuk

PMRGCAuk

20,342 members38,113 posts

Flare after positive Covid test

craighead72 profile image
3 Replies

If PMR flares up after a positive Covid test followed by bad cold or flu and waking feeling achy and wretched what increase in dosage from 14mg a day should I try and for how long?

Written by
craighead72 profile image
craighead72
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
Read more about...
3 Replies
DorsetLady profile image
DorsetLadyPMRGCAuk volunteer

section 7 of the attached sick day rules leaflet applies -but you do need to make GP aware -

medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/...

craighead72 profile image
craighead72 in reply to DorsetLady

Thankyou. Very helpful resource.

DorsetLady profile image
DorsetLadyPMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to craighead72

Hope it works -but just monitor things once you’ve complete SDR advice - there is still a possibility your illness will complain -and definitely no thought of normal tapering for a while!

Good luck ..

You may also like...

Flaring after Covid vaccine

and I also was nauseated, increased all over body pain, very fatigued and a bad headache. Today...

Flare after COVID vaccine

everyone. I had my COVID vaccination yesterday morning (hooray!) but today, apart from a sore arm,...

Pmr flare after covid

low with covid ( caught from my 6 year old granddaughter). I have been free of COVID for two days...

PMR Flare up after Covid?

Then in April I got covid and that was ok not too bad, but after that got a really bad bacterial...

Covid Vaccine trigger flares?

and was 52 when I was diagnosed with PMR. It seemed to come on after my 2nd Vaccine but it took a...