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Myasthenia gravis is a chronic neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the voluntary muscles. Voluntary muscles include muscles that connect to a person’s bones, muscles in the face, throat, and diaphragm.
Myasthenia gravis (my-us-THEE-nee-uh GRAY-vis) causes muscles under your voluntary control to feel weak and get tired quickly. This happens when the communication between nerves and muscles breaks down.
A rare neuromuscular, autoimmune disorder. Causes extreme fatigue and profound muscle weakness. Impulses from the brain travel down nerves but are blocked by antibodies before impulses reach muscle. The body is essentially attacking itself and stopping muscle function.
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic, complex, autoimmune disorder in which antibodies destroy neuromuscular connections. This causes problems with communication between nerves and muscle, resulting in weakness of the skeletal muscles.
Various treatments, alone or together, can help with symptoms of myasthenia gravis. Your treatment will depend on your age, how severe your disease is and how fast it's progressing. Medications
Whether you have recently received your myasthenia gravis (MG) diagnosis or you have been living with MG for years, you may find yourself wondering how to live your best life possible. Adjusting to life with MG may require you to do some things differently.
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS—THE SNOWFLAKE DISEASE. Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a neurological disorder. It causes fluctuating weakness of the voluntary muscles of the body and can include a drooping eyelid, blurred or double vision, slurred speech, difficulty chewing and swallowing, weakness in the arms and legs, and difficulty breathing.Symptoms can ...
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction. It manifests as a generalized muscle weakness which can involve the respiratory muscles and can lead to a myasthenic crisis, which is a medical emergency.
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that causes muscle weakness. Learn about symptoms and treatment.