Myositis

Myositis: Inflammation of muscle tissue. There are many causes of myositis, including injury, medications, and diseases.
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Dermatomyositis, Gottron's Papules on the Hand
Dermatomyositis, Heliotrope Eyelids
Dermatomyositis on the Legs ...
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Polymyositis (pol-e-mi-o-SI-tis) is an uncommon disease that causes inflammation in your muscles. Doctors also refer to polymyositis as a type of connective tissue disease.
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Polymyositis - adult
Treatment:
The disease is treated with corticosteroid medications. When an improvement in muscle strength is achieved, usually in 4 to 6 weeks, the medication is slowly tapered off.
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Juvenile dermatomyositis is one of the conditions in a group of conditions called the dermatomyositis/polymyositis complex.
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Myositis is the medical term for muscle inflammation. In myositis, inflammation damages the fibers of a muscle. This causes muscles to be weak by interfering with the ability of the muscles to contract.
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Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis. Immune disorders that affect the neuromuscular system.
Pernicious anemia. Disorder in which the immune system attacks the lining of the stomach in such a way that the body cannot metabolize vitamin B12.
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Paraneoplastic autoimmune syndromes associated with thymoma include myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroiditis, and Sjgren's syndrome, among others.
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dermatomyositis, which affects the skin and muscles
fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain and stiffness in the muscles
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(Other Names: Fibrositis, Fibromyositis)
Fibromyalgia, or FMS for fibromyalgia syndrome, is a chronic disease affecting between 2 and 4% of the general population.
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These antibodies are present in a variety of immunologic diseases including lupus, scleroderma, Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and in persons taking hydralazine, procainamide, or isoniazid.
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of the urinary tract (such as by a kidney stone), heart failure, dehydration, excessive blood loss that causes shock, gout, or muscle conditions (such as rhabdomyolysis, gigantism, acromegaly, myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy, polymyositis).
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You have muscle damage caused by:
muscle diseases, such as dermatomyositis or polymyositis)
progressive muscular dystrophy
injury (such as after a fall, auto accident, or seizure).
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FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME (Chronic Muscle Pain Syndrome, Fibromyositis, Fibrositis, Tension Myalgia) ...
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Stroke
Parkinson´s disease
Huntington´s disease
Multiple sclerosis
ALS (Lou Gehrig´s disease)
Myasthenia gravis
Muscular dystrophy
Infections, such as polio and syphilis
Polymyositis ...
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levels by 20 to 50 percent and increase HDL cholesterol by 10 to 20 percent; however, they are not effective in lowering LDL. Fibric acids are usually not combined with statins because their concurrent use increases the risk of developing myositis as ...
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scleroderma and dermatomyositis, affect collagen (connective tissue) throughout the body and blood vessels, they are referred to as collagen-vascular diseases.
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