Causes, Risk Factors, And Complications Of Polymyositis

Aspiration Pneumonia

Aspiration pneumonia is a potentially fatal complication from polymyositis. This complication most often occurs when individuals have weakness in the muscles throughout their esophagus, which is responsible for helping them swallow. Muscle weakness can make swallowing more difficult, which can lead individuals to aspirate liquids into their lungs. Aspiration can occur even when individuals aren't drinking anything, as it's possible to aspirate saliva. Any buildup of fluid in the lungs has the potential to cause pneumonia. The liquid or food patients aspirate might have bacteria attached that attack their lungs. The lungs of a healthy individual will clear themselves normally. But patients with polymyositis and other conditions may not be able to fight off the bacteria, which is what leads to pneumonia. One early indication of aspiration pneumonia is that an affected individual coughs wetly or has to clear their throat excessively after they eat. Foul-smelling coughing, excessive sweating, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest pain, fatigue, and blueness of the skin caused by oxygen deprivation are also characteristic symptoms.

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