Probably, every person at least sometimes experienced a condition in which his muscles are tense, and severe pain is felt throughout his body. Such unpleasantly pulling pain sometimes appears after too hard, but unusual training, long work in the garden or sitting in an uncomfortable position. This pain is called: myositis.
To be precise, myositis is an inflammation of the muscles of the skeleton. Its cause may be physical stress, a long stay in the cold. Infectious diseases or colds sometimes provoke muscle inflammation. Myositis develops in diseases that affect the connective tissues: arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, etc. Cases when helminths caused the disease are known.
Pain with muscle inflammation can occur after physical exertion, awkward movements. Often it intensifies at night, when the weather changes, during stress, with ordinary touches. Sometimes the pain disappears for a while without treatment, but always returns.
Symptoms are given out for myositis, the treatment of which should be followed immediately, even if after some time the pain decreases.
If treatment is not followed with a diagnosis of myositis , more serious symptoms develop. The pain, intensifying, passes into muscle weakness. First, there is a feeling that in the morning it is difficult to tear yourself away from the pillow, then it becomes difficult for the patient to move his neck and head. Gradually, it is difficult to climb stairs, the ability to dress independently, to make any movements.
If treatment is not started, muscle weakness can lead to muscle shortening and degeneration. This means that the patient will not be able to move independently.
With a diagnosis of myositis, treatment may end in complete recovery. The lack of treatment leads to the fact that more and more muscles are affected. Myositis can develop into polymyositis or an even more severe form - dermatomyositis, which injures a large number of muscles and skin.
If the disease has spread to the neck, it can cause difficulty in swallowing, shortness of breath, cough, headaches.
Sometimes bumps of moles of calcium can form under the skin, delivering a lot of inconvenience and pain. Even worse, if the disease goes into a purulent stage.
If acute myositis cannot be cured, chronic treatment will be ineffective, and seizures will periodically return throughout life.
How to treat myositis? Treatment is recommended to be carried out exclusively under the supervision of a specialist. At the first, acute stage, antibiotics and drugs that eliminate the cause of the disease are usually prescribed. For example, if myositis is caused by helminths, anthelmintic drugs are prescribed. If myositis is caused by autoimmune causes, immunosuppressants, i.e. immunity enhancing drugs.
In all cases, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ketonal or diclofen are recommended.
When treating myositis, it is imperative to adhere to a strict diet. During an exacerbation, you can not take alcohol, eat spicy (spicy, salty, pepper) food. Vegetables and fruits will benefit.
Often prescribed physiotherapy, massage, physiotherapy exercises.
If myositis has begun, treatment with folk remedies or with the help of homeopathy is most likely to be ineffective. However, they can accompany the main treatment if the doctor does not mind.
Homeopaths recommend mesotherapy, a treatment method in which injections of homeopathic medicines are delivered to biologically active points. It is believed that such injections relieve pain, prevent the appearance of adhesions, improve microcirculation of fluids. They relieve inflammation, homeopaths are sure, they allow cartilage and muscles to regenerate faster.
Traditional medicine recommends rubbing homemade ointments from yolk, turpentine and apple cider vinegar, compresses from horsetail, infusions from physalis, cucumber grass.