Can you get polymyositis if you have sjogrens?

High doses of immunosuppressant drugs (prednisone or azathioprine, cyclosporine, methotrexate, I.V. immunoglobulin). Analgesics for pain, exercises improve swallowing and avoid weight gain.

In polymyositis, symptoms include muscle weakness, particularly in the shoulders or pelvis, that prevents the patient from performing everyday activities

Unknown but possibly an autoimmune disease in those with genetic susceptibility and may be triggered by an environmental agent (Toxoplasma, Borrella, coxsackievirus).

A progressive condition, usually beginning in adulthood.

Muscle wasting or shortening (contracture) may develop in the arms or legs. Heart abnormalities (electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, arrhythmias), develop in about 30% of patients.