Myasthenia gravis (MG) has been treatable for nearly 100 years. In 1934, the Scottish doctor Mary Broadfoot Walker, MD, discovered that the drug physostigmine improved muscle function in people with ...

Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition affecting the muscles surrounding and involving the eyes. Symptoms can include double vision, droopy eyelids, and more. Ocular myasthenia gravis ...

It’s a lifelong autoimmune neuromuscular disease. It causes certain muscles to weaken easily after you use them. Muscle fatigue typically varies throughout the day (sometimes hour by hour) and gets ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular condition that causes muscle weakness and severe fatigue. The term “myasthenia gravis” is Latin and Greek in origin, and means “grave (or ...

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Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies bind to acetylcholine receptors or to functionally related molecules in the postsynaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction. The ...

Five therapies are currently approved by the FDA for treating the symptoms of myasthenia gravis, allowing partial to complete remission. Research suggests that five new therapies may become available ...

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that blocks proper communication between your nerves and muscles, leading to weakness of your voluntary muscles (the muscles you can control and move at will ...

Although fatigue is a common medical complaint, fatigue related to myasthenia gravis has several key features: localized muscle weakness in a characteristic distribution,1 which is exacerbated by ...

Doctors may recommend oral medications such as pyridostigmine and various intravenous (IV) drugs for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Thymectomy surgery and plasma exchange may also help. The aim ...