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Myositis is a rarely-encountered medical condition characterized by inflammation affecting the muscles. [2] The manifestations of this condition may include skin issues, muscle weakness, and the potential involvement of other organs. [3] Additionally, systemic symptoms like weight loss, fatigue, and low-grade fever can manifest in individuals ...
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.
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 ...
Although idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a diagnosis of exclusion, it is often the initial misdiagnosis of several acquired non-inflammatory myopathies. [1] [9] [10] This is due to a number of factors, including: overlapping symptoms (such as muscle weakness, pain, elevated CK);
Diagnosis is typically based on some combination of symptoms, blood tests, electromyography, and muscle biopsies. [2] Eighty percent of adults [5] and sixty percent of children with juvenile dermatomyositis have a myositis-specific antibody (MSA). [6] Although no cure for the condition is known, treatments generally improve symptoms. [1]
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).
Where men might emphasize physical symptoms of a concussion (like headaches, neck pain, and nausea), women often see more cognitive and emotional ones like visual disturbances, difficulty ...
Of the children diagnosed with and treated for JDM, about half will recover completely. Close to 30 percent will have weakness after the disease resolves. [6] Most children will go into remission and have their medications eliminated within two years, while others may take longer to respond or have more severe symptoms that take longer to clear ...