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Polymyositis
Polymyositis is a condition that consists of muscle pain and weakness, mainly at the thighs leading to difficulty standing, walking, and climbing stairs. Polymyositis is an autoimmune disorder.
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I polymyositis painful?
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Any treatment to polymyositis?
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How do you diagnose polymyositis?
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Can polymyositis be really painful?
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What are the tests for polymyositis?
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Does anyone know what polymyositis is?
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Where is the best treatment for polymyositis?
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Where can I do to get treated for polymyositis?
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What are the complications of adult polymyositis?
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Is there a particular diet that's good for polymyositis?
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Is polymyositis related with poliomyelitis?
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What type of disease is polymyositis? Autoimmune?
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Are there any alternative treatments for polymyositis?
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Safe to use chemotherapy be used to treat polymyositis?
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Can chemotherapy be used to treat polymyositis successfully?
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What are the pros and cons of traditional and naturopathic treatments for polymyositis?
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A 47-year old asked:
I have polymyositis and myasthnia gravis, there is no cure?
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A 55-year old female asked:
What defining difference exists between Polymyositis and Inclusion Body Myositis?
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A 38-year old asked:
I got a shot of cortisone 5 or 6 days before labs for polymyositis, will it effect the results?
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A 26-year old asked:
Can you develope polymyositis from long term exposure to paint, turpentine, xylene or acid fumes?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Can colustrum tablets help my RA and polymyositis?
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A 33-year old asked:
Hello docs. I was wondering can ulcerative colitis or polymyositis be contagious or communicable?
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A 36-year old female asked:
How do you r/o Lupus (SLE & Discoid), Fibromylagia, Polymyositis, and Sjogren's Syndrome from each other? What other tests can we do?
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A 44-year old asked:
I was diagnosed with lupus (SLE) in 1992 and polymyositis in 2006. My shoulders are very weak and so are my hips, is this normal?
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A 48-year old female asked:
I would like to know what condition causes bruises on your body without injury?. I do have FMS, POLYMYOSITIS, and high blood pressure
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A 28-year old female asked:
Is polymyositis rheumatica an autoimmune disease? My dad has this and I have a sytemic autoimmune connective tissue disease as well. Genetic?
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Ongoing Polymyositis treatment @5mg prednisone&500mg sulfasalazine/day&17.5mg methotrexate/wk...What are appropriate jo1, WBC, abs mono, etc results?
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Ive tried lots of diff treatments but they dont work ie IVIG,methetrexate,aziapram,im on 25mg of prednisolone for polymiositis & myasthnis gratis any ?
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