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Polymyositis

Sign/Symptoms
Appetite Loss (Anorexia) Breath Shortness (Dyspnoea) Coarse Rhythmic Tremor or Rest Tremor Fatigue Fever (Raised Body Temperature) Heart Rate Irregular (Arrhythmia) Muscle Wasting Muscle Weakness Pain Muscle (Myalgia) Poor Balance (Imbalance) Swallowing Difficulty (Dysphagia)

Drugs
Cortisone Methotrexate

Treatments

Attributes
Commonality is rare Incidence is approximately 1 in 250,000 people

Further Tests
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration Alpha-1 Antintrypsin (AAT) (Increased) Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) Concentration Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) (Increased) Creatine Kinase Concentration Creatine Kinase3 (CK-MM) Isoenzyme (Increased) Myoglobin Concentration Myoglobin (Decreased) Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein) Alpha-1-Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Alpha-2-Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Beta Globulin (Increased) White Blood Cell (WBC) Count White Blood Cell (WBC) (Increased)

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