Disease Flares
A flare is a return of symptoms of active inflammation of GCA or PMR. The symptoms can be the same as those experienced initially, or they can be new symptoms. The flare occurs when inflammation is not adequately suppressed by the amount of prednisone being administered. Blindness, aortic aneurysm formation and other serious and debilitating complications can occur during a flare. Descriptions follow of Pearl’s new symptoms that were not recognized as flares by her medical specialists as they were happening (except for vision loss).
