An inflammatory disorder of skeletal muscle. Symptoms include difficulty climbing stairs or rising from low seats, lifting packages, or working with arms outstretched or over the head. It is treated with steroids and immunosuppressive drugs. Treatment success is variable. The disorder does not resolve on its own.
inflammatory condition of the proximal skeletal muscles that can affect the bulbar musculature, and which can also be associated with underlying systemic autoimmune illnesses
Inflammation of several muscles at once.
The Condition"...A muscle biopsy is used to confirm the presence of muscle inflammation typical only of polymyositis..."
The Condition"...These include nerve-muscle diseases (such as muscular dystrophies), drug toxins (such as alcohol, cocaine, steroids and lovistatin), metabolic disorders (where muscle cells are unable to process chemicals normally), hormone disorders (such as abnormal thyroid, calcium, and magnesium conditions), and..."
myositis characterixed by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals
an uncommon symmetrical inflamation of the muscles that leave them weak and sometimes completely gone
The Condition"...(such as alcohol, cocaine, steroids and lovistatin), metabolic disorders (where muscle cells are unable to process chemicals normally), hormone disorders (such as abnormal thyroid, calcium, and magnesium conditions), and infectious diseases (such as influenza virus, AIDS, streptococcus and Lyme bacteria, pork tapeworm and schistosomiasis)..."
The Condition"...It begins when white blood cells - the immune cells of inflammation - spontaneously invade muscles..." Recommendation Conventional Drug Use"...These medicines can be effective by suppressing the immune response which attracts the white blood cells of inflammation to the muscles..."
or dermatomyositis; an autoimmune disease involving primarily the skin and muscle.
A rare autoimmune disease characterized by inflamed and tender muscles throughout the body, particularly those of the shoulder and hip girdles.
A rheumatic disease that causes weakness and inflammation of muscles.
An inflammatory disease of the muscles associated with significant weakness.
A chronic inflammatory disease of muscle that begins when white blood cells , the immune cells of inflammation, spontaneously invade muscles, especially the muscles closest to the trunk or torso, resulting in sometimes severe muscle pain, tenderness and weakness. See the entire definition of Polymyositis
Chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease, characterised by a generalised muscle inflammation leading to severe muscle weakness and muscle pains. Damage of the respiratory muscles or heart muscle may cause serious complications. Read also our page on poly-and dermatomyositis.
a rare disease in which the muscles become inflamed and weak
Polymyositis is a type of inflammatory myopathy, related to dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis. Polymyositis means 'many muscle inflammation'.