BABY BOOMERS
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You Are At Risk!!!
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) target those persons age 50 and over. This puts the Baby Boomer generation, 76,000,000 strong, at risk! A Baby Boomer turns 50 every 7.5 seconds! Only a few have ever heard of either disease. Early symptoms are similar to Rheumatoid Arthritis. Both PMR and GCA are extremely painful. PMR symptoms, if any, may be similar to rheumatoid arthritis; GCA symptoms, if any, may be similar to migrain headaches.
GCA can result in
irreversible blindness.
Often Misdiagnosed
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) are often misdiagnosed. These diseases are accompanied by depression and morbidity. Both diseases can remove one from the workplace overnight - often permanently. PMR frequently leads into its sister disease GCA
Incidence
    PMR 700 in 100,000 (1 in 143)
    GCA 200 in 100,000 (1 in 500)
This translates to 532,000 Baby Boomers that are at risk for PMR and 152,000 that are at risk for GCA.
Both can strike overnight
without warning symptoms.
No Known Cure
Treatment nearly always involves the use of prednisone (steroid) but there is no known cure. The side effects of prednisone cover a wide range of negative health conditions. Prednisone relieves the pain but does nothing to effect a cure.
Research
Very little research into treatment and cure is being done.
PMR can recur—without warning!
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Something is being done by the
National Medical Research Foundation

GOALS:

Raise funds to support research for treatment and cure of PMR and GCA
Establish, fund and operate a National Medical Research Laboratory
Find treatment and cure for PMR and GCA that does not use steroids
Disseminate information to the largest possible audience
Organize Support Groups
Introduce teens to imaginative charitable efforts
Provide Speakers to Groups and Organizations
Establish Chapters in every State

 
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