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Can polymyalgia rheumatica be so bad that one can not get out of bed some days and better as day goes on on is that more myositis?
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Both can cause that: Both dis4eases can cause those symptoms. Will polymyalgia rheumatica you have pain but no muscle weakness. With myositis you would have muscle weakness with pain.
Answered 8/22/2013
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