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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)  
    Myositis means inflammation of the muscles that you use to move your body. An injury, infection, or ... weakness, plus a skin rash. Other symptoms of myositis may include: Fatigue after walking or standing Tripping ...
  2. Inclusion Body Myositis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is one of a group of muscle diseases known as the inflammatory myopathies, which are characterized by ...
  3. Myositis is an inflammation or swelling of the muscles. It is most often caused by injury, infection, ... ed. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company; 2021. Myositis. www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729759/ ...
  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, ...
  5. ... contents into the blood ( rhabdomyolysis ) Skeletal muscle inflammation ( myositis ) Skeletal muscle ischemia (oxygen deficiency) Skeletal muscle trauma
  6. ... fiber contents into the blood ( rhabdomyolysis ) Skeletal muscle myositis (inflammation) Skeletal muscle ischemia (oxygen deficiency) Skeletal muscle ...
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Myositis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Myositis/Clinical Trials ... Myositis
  8. ... myopathy, including polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and sporadic inclusion body myositis.Polymyositis and dermatomyositis involve weakness of the muscles ...
  9. ... the gene. Cutaneous ossification Ectopic ossification Heterotopic ossification Myositis ossificans progressiva Osteodermia Osteoma cutis Osteosis cutis POH ...
  10. ... may trigger episodes of muscle swelling and inflammation (myositis) followed by more rapid ossification in the injured ... inherited the variant from one affected parent. FOP Myositis ossificans Myositis ossificans progressiva Progressive myositis ossificans Progressive ...
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