HB401

Designates May as Myositis Awareness Month in Ohio to recognize myositis as a rare, chronic autoimmune muscle-wasting disease.

Ohio HB401 designates May as Myositis Awareness Month to highlight the challenges of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, known as myositis. These are rare, chronic autoimmune muscle-wasting diseases causing debilitating muscle inflammation, pain, fatigue, and trouble swallowing, and can lead to myositis-associated interstitial lung disease. The bill emphasizes the need for increased awareness and research to improve diagnosis and treatment of these conditions, which reduce quality of life and lifespan.