A doctor diagnoses a patient with a disease called polymyositis. The patient tires quickly when walking, has difficulty swallowing, and struggles to raise his arms above his head. This disease primarily affects which type of tissue?

Brain
Epithelial
Blood
Muscle

Question

A doctor diagnoses a patient with a disease called polymyositis. The patient tires quickly when walking, has difficulty swallowing, and struggles to raise his arms above his head. This disease primarily affects which type of tissue?

 Brain
 Epithelial
 Blood
 Muscle

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

I went with muscle

anonymous · Answer

MuscleIs

anonymous · Answer

Dysferlinopathy misdiagnosed as PolymyositisSome types of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), as well as facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) are sometimes misidentified as autoimmune diseases because their clinical and laboratory presentations are similar.