Samantha Prabhu Diagnosed With MYOSITIS

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is 35 year old Indian actress who mainly works in Telugu and Tamil film industries. She is a recipient of several film awards.

Myositis is the name for a group of rare conditions that can cause muscles to become weak, tired and painful. Myositis can affect people of any age, including children.

"A few months back I was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition called myositis. I was hoping to share this after it had gone into remission. But it is taking a little longer than I hoped" wrote Samantha in her Instagram post

Symptoms may include- painful and itchy rashes, muscle weakness, aching or painful muscles and feeling very tired, finding it hard to sit up, or stand after a fall, swallowing problems,or finding it hard to hold your head up, feeling unhappy or depressed

'Polymyositis', which affects many different muscles, particularly the shoulders, hips and thigh muscles. 'Dermatomyositis', which affects several muscles and causes a rash. 'Inclusion body myositis (IBM)', which causes weakness in the thigh muscles, forearm muscles and the muscles below the knee.

Treatments may include- Exercise and physiotherapy, Steroids, Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, Immunoglobulin therapy, Biologic therapies.