Hello, I have been dealing with GCA for over a year. For the last few months things have been great and I was able to reduce my prednisone, very slowly to 4 1/2 mg a day. I am also on Actemra infusions once a month. This past week, on two occasions I was eating and my jaw made hard cracking sound. I have never experienced anything like it. Reading about GCA flairs, could this be an issue for me. No other symptoms.
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GCA doesn’t crack. With no other information it sounds like you have an issue with your temporomandibular joint. For some reason it comes up a lot here. I don’t know if that’s because it is very common or that the Pred’s effects do this. I certainly did my turn with it but it resolved, though some need intervention. Have a read of this.
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