Overview

Polymyositis is an inflammatory disease leading to muscle weakness in both sides of your body. Patients experience difficulty climbing stairs, getting up from a seated position, lifting objects or reaching overhead.

Treatment options

 Steroid treatment and exercise therapy are common treatments for this condition.

 

Care team

Profiles

Rabia Iqbal, MD

Rheumatologist Internal Medicine | Rheumatology

 

 

Clinical trials

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At SIU Medicine, our physicians and scientists conduct clinical trials and research studies with the aim of translating findings into new, more effective treatments.