Inflammatory Myopathies

Myositis is a group of inflammatory myopathies that are most commonly thought to impact the muscles (which they do) but they can also affect the heart, lungs, GI tract, and be associated with the development of cancer. Myositis is considered autoimmune in nature; the body begins attacking its own muscles, connective tissue, skin, blood vessels [...]

At only 41 years old, I never thought I’d be stuck in a body that feels “defective,” a body that doesn’t allow me most times to even walk my young daughter upstairs to tuck her in at night. Thanks to dermatomyositis, this is now my reality. Dermatomyositis is a condition belonging to a group of [...]