Myasthenia Gravis Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... Myasthenia gravis can affect any of the muscles that you control voluntarily. It most commonly affects certain muscles, including those of the face, eyes, arms and legs, and those muscles involved in ...

Causes
... When your nervous system functions normally, the chemical acetylcholine transmits nerve impulses to your muscles. At specialized areas of your muscles, called neuromuscular junctions, receptor sites r...

Myasthenia Gravis Treatment

Treatment
... Doctors use a variety of treatments, alone or in combination, to relieve symptoms of myasthenia gravis: Medications. Cholinesterase inhibitors, such as pyridostigmine (Mestinon), enhance communication...

Myasthenia Gravis Support

Coping skills
... Supplementing your medical care with these approaches may help you make the most of your energy and cope with the symptoms of myasthenia gravis: Adjust your eating routine. Try to eat when you have go...

Myasthenia Gravis Other

Myasthenia Gravis
... Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic muscle disease characterized by weakness and rapid fatigue of the voluntary muscles. The weakness is due to a breakdown in communication between a nerve ending and ...

Myasthenia Gravis Information Page
... Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by varying degrees of weakness of the skeletal (voluntary) muscles of the body. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscl...