Medications that exacerbate myasthenia gravis
Common Questions and Answers about Medications that exacerbate myasthenia gravis
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I had a neuro consultation when i was 12, and they doubted myasthenia gravis, but all those tests were -ve. Now i am 18, and last year, i had was on high dose of steroids and antibiotics for months due to acute pneumonia, and my symptomps seems to have aggravated after the steroids were completely tapered.
Now i consulted a neuro again, and he doubted congenital myasthenia, congenital myopathy, mitochondrial cytopathy and steroid induced myopathy. He couldn't reach a diagnosis.
I almost think there is hardly anyone that has takin this drug with myasthenia gravis. Can you help with anything I found. Thanks.
Have there been any tests on which some of the doctors are basing their myasthenia gravis diagnosis on? From what I can see, myasthenia gravis is a problem with the immune system producing anti-bodies that attack one's own body, but with your father's history of stroke, I wonder if he couldn't have suffered a kind of mini-stroke?
The myasthenia gravis treatments are medications such as pyridostigmine, steroids and immunosuppressant agents plus removal of the thymus gland with cleaning the plasma in the blood. Please consult your neurologist for appropriate treatment details after assessment.
Hope this helps.
I have been diagnosed with both myasthenia gravis and stiff person syndrome, these were confirmed by lab work and emg. Have you ever heard of both in a patient at the same time?
I've been diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis after a recent repetitive nerve stimulation test.
I've had double vision since 10 years ago, but it became generalized (or at least more obvious) only two years ago after a virus infection and a severe reaction to antibiotic. My symptoms were for a long time vague, so I spent years without being diagnosed.
Besides my double vision, my second complain is neck strain and pain, which gives me also arm pain and even finger numbness.
m sorry to hear what your father is going through at this point. Thymectomy will only have a dramatic impact in the management of myasthenia gravis if there is a proven thymoma (a nodule or a mass in the thymus gland) that is secreting all of these antibodies causing myasthenia gravis.
I am 29 years old female. i am suffering from myasthenia gravis for the past one year, the first sympton include ptosis of right eyelid, then i was diagnosed of having a thymoma of about 4 cm. The doctors suggested of getting an thymectomy done, but as i am very scared i refused to go for it. Now I am treated by an endocrinologist with harmone thyrapy and ldn. I am taking ldn for the past one month. But the symptoms of myasthenia are increasing, muscles of mouth and throat are afftected.
He also had symptoms of Myasthenia gravis, he could not open his eyes completely and have bad control over his eyelids. He is still in ICU. Is there a chance for him to come out of ICU and lead normal life with medicines and diet. Please someone reply me.
I got in touch with an autoimmune helpline and they said I could possibly have Myasthenia Gravis. They advised me to do the ice test, where I needed to put some ice wrapped in a cloth on the closed eye to see if it would made the eyelid droop and the only things I noticed were that my right eye seemed to close up a bit more and was slower opening fully. I was tested positive for ANA and TPOab, just wondering if there is a connection at all?
Hello. Have you received a diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis? Have you specifically had an MG workup?
http://www.myasthenia.org/whatismg/faqs.aspx
Sorry to ask more questions than have answers/information.
As a patient, I would suggest that you become familiar with the medication you are taking.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Gait took a day or so longer and pupils started to react after five days but remain sluggish. Drug induced myasthenia gravis is described rarely in the literature. My very experienced vet says he has never seen it. Has anyone else? We have restarted the med with 2 mg of prednisolone added qd and so far so good. Make any sense to you?
I think you might have "myasthenia gravis". It's basically muscle weakness and it normally starts with eyelids. I also have the same problem and was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis few years ago. You need to go see a neurologist.
One easy test for this is called cold test. Next time when the problem occurs, try put ice on your eyelids for 2 minutes and you should feel better if you have myasthenia gravis.
My birth mother died from complications of MS. Now my son has Ocular Myasthenia Gravis and I'm wondering if there is a connection?
Pernicious anemia can be caused by atrophic gastritis which is in turn be caused by autoimmune diseases. Myasthenia gravis is also part of an autoimmune syndrome that targets muscle receptors. I suggest you discuss this angle of autoimmune disorders with your doctors.
Regards and God bless.
I have been diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis (left eyelid weakness) since I was probably 2 years old. Currently, I'm 24. My symptoms have never deteriorated until recently, I feel that my right eyelid is weak in comparison to my left. Reason for this is that I feel as if my left eye is forced open wide. There is no muscle weakness in the left eye at all which is odd, and the widely opened eye feeling is bothersome.
hello. Try talking to a doctor who believes in vitamins like Allan Pressman from Invite Vitamins. He could be of help to you.
Hello, I have a friend with this disorder and has been told that while her body can't accept the flu vaccine, it can accept vaccines for TB, Malaria, Hepatitus, Typhoid and whatever else she might need to travel to the Dominican Republic. Is this the case because she was under the impression that with myathenia gravis, having a compromised immune system that she can't take the required vaccines for traveling to the Carribean. What's the truth?
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