polymyositis

Alesandra, forty-one, had an excruciating, often fatal autoimmune disorder called polymyositis.

Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

Alesandra, forty-one, had an excruciating, often fatal autoimmune disorder called polymyositis.

Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

Then his legs started giving way, and on top of that he was found to have an autoimmune disease, polymyositis, in which the body destroys its own muscle tissue.

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In a 1990 Pennsylvania study, cases of polymyositis, an autoimmune disease of the muscles, resulting in severe muscle weakness, more than tripled between 1973 and 1982.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

In a 1990 Pennsylvania study, cases of polymyositis, an autoimmune disease of the muscles, resulting in severe muscle weakness, more than tripled between 1973 and 1982.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

I was misdiagnosed with both MD and polymyositis and was prescribed prednisone for the latter gained about 80 lbs., raised my blood sugar/blood pressure, etc.; a smart rheumatologist, who was called upon to dole out some methotrexate, told the neurologist he was wrong.

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He had been ailing for quite a while from a variety of illnesses, including congestive heart failure, but what finally took him from us was either polymyositis or dermatomyositis.

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When she was in her early 20s, she was diagnosed with polymyositis.

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I was given high doses of prednisone for the polymyositis, which resulted in steroid myopathy, pre-diabetes, hypertension, gout, and a 70+ lb. weight gain.

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I was diagnosed with FSHD facioscapulohumeral dystrophy and polymyositis six years ago.

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