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  2. Myositis - Wikipedia

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    For myositis, which is caused by a viral infection, no treatment is typically needed. [4] For myositis caused by a bacterial infection, antibiotics can be used. [4] For myositis caused by a medication, it is important to stop using that medication. [4] There are a variety of treatment options available if myositis is caused by an autoimmune ...

  3. Inflammatory myopathy - Wikipedia

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    There have been few randomized treatment trials, due to the relative rarity of inflammatory myopathies. [4] The goal of treatment is improvement in activities of daily living and muscle strength. Suppression of immune system activity (immunosuppression) is the treatment strategy. Patients with PM or DM almost always improve to some degree in ...

  4. Inclusion body myositis - Wikipedia

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    Inclusion body myositis (IBM) (/ m aɪ oʊ ˈ s aɪ t ɪ s /) (sometimes called sporadic inclusion body myositis, sIBM) is the most common inflammatory muscle disease in older adults. [2] The disease is characterized by slowly progressive weakness and wasting of both proximal muscles (located on or close to the torso ) and distal muscles (close ...

  5. Exercise therapy for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

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    Although they vary in particulars, polymyositis, dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis are idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) [1] primarily characterized by chronic inflammation of human skeletal muscle tissue [2] that ultimately causes the necrosis of muscle cells. This degeneration leads to muscle tissue wasting, weakness and ...

  6. Benign acute childhood myositis - Wikipedia

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    Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) is a syndrome characterized by muscle weakness and pain in the lower limbs that develop in children after a recent viral illness. It is transient with a spontaneous clinical resolution within 1 week.

  7. Statin-associated autoimmune myopathy - Wikipedia

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    Treatment involves stopping the associated statin medication and taking medication to suppress the immune system. SAAM is estimated to occur in 2-3 people out of every 100,000 statin-treated individuals. It appears to be more common in people over the age of 50. [3]

  8. Scleromyositis - Wikipedia

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    The symptoms that are seen most often are typical symptoms of the individual autoimmune diseases and include Raynaud's phenomenon, arthritis, myositis and scleroderma. [2] Treatment of these patients is therefore strongly dependent on the exact symptoms with which a patient reports to a physician and is similar to treatment for the individual ...

  9. Antisynthetase syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) is a multisystematic autoimmune disease associated with inflammatory myositis, interstitial lung disease, and antibodies directed against various synthetases of aminoacyl-transfer RNA. [3]

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