What is polymyositis

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After the appearance of polymyositis, it will show the symptoms of muscle weakness, which will directly affect the normal function of the body. Proper understanding is helpful to our prevention. Let's see what is called polymyositis.

What is polymyositis

First of all: polymyositis is a kind of autoimmune disease with myasthenia and myalgia as the main manifestations. The etiology is unclear. The main clinical manifestations are symmetrical weakness of proximal limbs, neck muscles and pharyngeal muscles, muscle tenderness, and increased serum enzymes. Most of them are subacute onset, and can occur at any age. Most of them are above middle age, and a little more in women. Therefore, once the body has a similar performance, timely examination, diagnosis is very important.

Secondly, some patients had malignant tumor before the disease, and about 20% patients were complicated with lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome and other self diseases. Due to the different range of involvement and the great difference of concomitant diseases, the clinical manifestations of the disease are various. Usually, the disease reaches its peak in a few weeks to months, with general muscle weakness, and in severe cases, respiratory muscle weakness, which is life-threatening.

Finally: therefore, early diagnosis and treatment is very important. As long as hormone or immunosuppressant therapy is applied in time, the prognosis of simple polymyositis is expected to be good.

matters needing attention

After understanding the situation of polymyositis, especially the characteristics of its symptoms, it is very important to treat it in time when similar symptoms appear in the body.