myocitis, help!

[EMcDLPN]

any info would be appreciated. My 87 year old father adnitted w/

chf/pneumo. profound muscle weakness. WBC=wnl, ESR=11 or 12,. MD's are saying something viral, but even they are stumped. they did a muscle bx to rule out this myocitis. I can't seem to find any info on it. Any suggestions? thanks emcd Also, ck's are elevated. were up to 3500, but are now comming down. mb fraction not up at all. thanks for any info! emcd

[iiwdn]

To my knowledge, this is a non-specific "muscle inflammation". Non specific in both its etiology and scope.

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

Change your spelling to MYOSITIS and look it up in a search engine.

From the Myositis Association:

What is myositis (my oe SIE tis)?

Myositis is the general term used to describe swelling of the muscles. Injury, infection, and even exercise can cause muscle swelling. The swelling will go away once the injury or infection is treated, or once you rest your muscles from exercise. Certain medicines can also cause some muscle swelling that goes away once you stop taking the medicine.

Often people who have temporary myositis from one of these causes become concerned when they find the TMA web site and read about the serious, chronic form of myositis. When we talk about myositis, we mean the inflammatory myopathies.