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Myositis

Myositis means inflammation of the muscles that you use to move your body. An injury, infection, or 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 ... MDA is the #1 health nonprofit advancing research, care and advocacy for people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, ...
    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  
    Arthritis/Statistics and Research ... Arthritis ... Osteoarthritis/Statistics and Research ... Osteoarthritis ... Rheumatoid Arthritis/Statistics and Research ... Rheumatoid Arthritis
    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. Antinuclear antibody panel 
    ... diagnosis include: Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) Sjögren syndrome (primary) Myositis (inflammatory muscle disease) Drug-induced lupus erythematosus Other common diseases that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003535.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Rheumatoid Arthritis Educational Video Series Video (Johns Hopkins Medicine)  
    ... the Division of Rheumatology Lupus Center News Lyme Disease News Myositis Center News Scleroderma Center News Sjögren’s Syndrome Center ... Rheumatology Johns Hopkins Lupus Center Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research ... Myositis Center Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center Johns Hopkins Sjögren’s ...
    https://www.hopkinsarthritis.org/...heumatoid-arthritis-for-patients - Videos
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