Dermatomyositis- Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
What is Dermatomyositis?
Dermatomyositis is the disease in which blood vessels under the skin and muscles get inflamed in which skin get injured and rashes are occur. In this disease patient feel muscle weaknaess those are closer to trunk of the body.
Dermatomyositis also called inflammatory myopathies. It mostly affects the joints, the esophagus, the lungs, and, less commonly, the heart. Dermatomysitis may occur at any age or sex.but mostly in womens. It affecting the adults between 40 to 60 years or childrens between 5 and 15 years of ago. Dermatomyositis may also occur with other medical illness like cancer, lung disease and other connective tissue disorder.
Causes of Dermatomyositis
- The exact cause can not say but it may cause of viral infection or an autoimmune reaction.
- Paraneoplastic phenomenon is the 50% cause of DM which indicates the cancer.
- There are some drugs like penicillamine, statin drugs, quinidine, and phenylbutazone that are the causes of DM.
- Some infectious agents like coxsackievirus, echovirus and HIV are also the causes of DM.
- Infection caused by bacteria and parasites.
What are the symptoms of Dermatomyositis?
- Muscle weakness in neck, hip, back and shoulder is the most common symptom of dermatomysitis
- Loss of weight and low grade fever are the features of DM.
- There is reddish or purple rashes occurs on skin and skin becomes rough, scaly.
- Hard spots are obtain under the skin and different types of body pains may occur like top part of back, upper arms, shoulders and also there may be different joint pains.
- Malignancy may occur in many patient.
- There may be change in voice take place lungs problem also.
DermatomyositisTreatment
- Use of steroid drug, such as prednisone is the first step of treatment.
- There are different types of therapy methods like corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, antimalarial medications, Intravenous immunoglobulin, Physical therapy, Surgery, Pain relievers etc.
- The skin diseases can be avoid by using sunscreen lotion and wearing suitable cloths properly in summer.
- Bed rest is one of the best treatment for the muscle pain.
- No one treatment can use for everyone because myositis is different for different patients.
- Regular exercise program plays an important role in the treatment of different types of pains. So everyone has to exercise regulerly.
- Immunosuppressants such as azathioprine and methotrexate are alternative drugs for prednisone.
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