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Myositis

Myositis means inflammation of the muscles that you use to move your body. An injury, infection, or autoimmune disease can cause it. Two specific kinds are polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Polymyositis causes muscle weakness, usually in the muscles closest to the trunk of your body. Dermatomyositis causes muscle weakness, plus a skin rash.

Other symptoms of myositis may include:

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  1. Myositis (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... imaging tests and a muscle biopsy to diagnose myositis. There is no cure for these diseases, but you can treat the symptoms. Polymyositis and dermatomyositis are first treated with high doses of a corticosteroid. Other ... rest. NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    https://medlineplus.gov/myositis.html - Health Topics
  2. Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy 
    ... inflammatory myositis Inflammatory myopathy, idiopathic Genetic Testing Registry: Myositis disease Genetic Testing Registry: Inclusion body myositis Idiopathic inflammatory ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../idiopathic-inflammatory-myopathy - Genetics
  3. Muscle Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... as muscular dystrophy Some cancers Inflammation, such as myositis Diseases of nerves that affect muscles Infections Certain medicines ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/muscledisorders.html - Health Topics
  4. Inclusion-Body Myositis: Diagnosis (Muscular Dystrophy Association)  
    Myositis/Diagnosis and Tests ... Myositis ... Muscular Dystrophy Association ... MDA is the #1 health nonprofit advancing research, care and advocacy for people living ...
    https://www.mda.org/disease/inclusion-body-myositis/diagnosis - External Health Links
  5. Understanding Autoimmune Diseases: When Your Body Turns Against You From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Autoimmune Diseases/Start Here ... Autoimmune Diseases ... National Institutes of Health ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Symptoms of an autoimmune disease ...
    https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/.../understanding-autoimmune-diseases - External Health Links
  6. Arthritis by the Numbers: Book of Trusted Facts and Figures (Arthritis Foundation) - PDF  
    Psoriatic Arthritis/Statistics and Research ... Psoriatic Arthritis ... Osteoarthritis/Statistics and Research ... Osteoarthritis ... Gout/Statistics and Research ... Gout ... Juvenile ...
    https://www.arthritis.org/.../abtn-2020-final.pdf - External Health Links
  7. Dermatomyositis From the National Institutes of Health (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center)  
    Myositis
    https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6263/dermatomyositis - External Health Links
  8. Dermatomyositis: Diagnosis (Muscular Dystrophy Association)  
    Myositis
    https://www.mda.org/disease/dermatomyositis/diagnosis - External Health Links
  9. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)  
    ... City Asthma Study (ICAS) Lung Inflammation Study Metabolic Disease Myositis in Military Personnel NHALES Study NIEHS-EPA Pilot ... ESR Resources EPR System Performance Tests Glossaries International Myositis Assessment & Clinical ... Activity Core Set Measures Disease Damage Core Set ...
    https://www.niehs.nih.gov - Other Resources
  10. Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) (National Jewish Health)  
    Connective Tissue Disorders/Specifics ... Connective Tissue Disorders ... National Jewish Health ... UCTD is a systemic autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks ...
    https://www.nationaljewish.org/...-connective-tissue-disease?modal=1 - External Health Links
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