Has anyone ever heard of polymyositis?

Or dermatomyositis? My dad was diagnosed in Dec. and then got septic shock infection and died in Feb. Has anyone else heard of this?

Yes.
This is a set of autoimmune disorders.
You can get tested for the antibody
Ususually involving P-Anca
Dermatomyositis is polymyosistis with skin involvement.
I believe the septic shock was probably different than those two disease syndromes.... but they diseases could have helped make the shock worse.

Sorry not me honey. I hope to help u but I don't know nothing about it. It sounds pretty creepy to me. search the internet under Yahoo Search or ask jeeves and type the disease. That is the best help I can give. That's what I do. bye.