prednisone in myasthenia gravis

Oh Girl, it is good to hear from you!!! I have been worried sick about you. I don't know anyone personally who has this but I pulled this from NIND site for you. "Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by varying degrees of weakness of the skeletal (voluntary) muscles of the body. The name myasthenia gravis, which is Latin and Greek in origin, literally means "grave muscle weakness.

I am not overweight and will be 64 in January. I was taking the Prednisone for Myasthenia Gravis. What can I do to reverse this condition?

t check for anything. Bloodwork for DNA Antibody Myasthenia Gravis test came back negative. My EEG came back abnormal as focal other of left and right temporal lobe and was put on Depakote and it worked for a week and then I had side effects and had to be taken off of it, Neurologist decided not to try anything else. Opthamologist and neuro Opthamologist still think I have Myasthenia Gravis and Sjogrens.

Do you mean myasthenia gravis? I couldn't be sure about Harvoni, haven't heard it mentioned, but it was definitely a known possible risk with the old interferon treatments.

I feel them in my head, sometimes in my legs and sometimes in my whole body. 2) I understand the Myasthenia reaches its full potential in 5-7 years, Is it possible it will worsen even more?

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?

I have done my fair share of home tests for various medical conditions :) and for MG i tried the ice test for my ptosis, the upwards gaze test, and the arm outstretched test. There are quite a few other clinical tests for MG as well. Youtube search: "Ice Test for Myasthenia Gravis" to see the improvement of ptosis and ocular motility in a patient with MG.

I'd sure contact your doctor who diagnosted you with myasthenia gravis and report the increase in symptoms. I'm far from a health profressional, but it doesn't sound cardiac in nature. Keep us informed.

He does think I may have myasthenia gravis, in addition to multiple sclerosis. It was too late in the day to get any further testing done. I have to get more testing done. We (my neurologist included) are hoping that the problems are just axon damage- but it doesn't look good. Thank you for alerting me to the possibility. I didn't mention MG at all, I just described the problem, and he immediately started the in office testing (gag reflex, etc.) Now I wait for additional testing.

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.

Hi, myasthenia gravis has no relation with mass.

This cholinesterase inhibitor reverses the chemical changes which bring about the muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis (both ocular and general variant). The response to therapy may differ from person to person and if there is 100% eye closure then you may not regain will strength in the eye muscles. Please discuss this with your treating doctor. Hope this helps. Take care!

I went to the neurologist today to follow up on some blood work and he told me that I have myasthenia gravis. He explained it to me in layman's terms..... Is anyone familiar with this? Any info you might be able to give would be much appreciated.

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?

hi I have pains in my left eye and I often have to close my left to see correctly.i been having this problem for about two or three years now.My eyes are sensitive too the sun light.My left wonders around.Can anybody help with this.

My birth mother died from complications of MS. Now my son has Ocular Myasthenia Gravis and I'm wondering if there is a connection?

The test for voltage gated calcium channels is for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome and is different from Myasthenia gravis. Myasthenia can explain some of your symptoms such as the tiredness and the loss of strength. Form the other symptoms you described I am more inclined towards an autoimmune disorder which is affecting several organ systems. Pernicious anemia can be caused by atrophic gastritis which is in turn be caused by autoimmune diseases.

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.

Today, I found out that I have developed cataracts in both eyes, but much worse in my right eye, the one the myasthenia gravis affects. I have been told that since my vision is greatly improved with new glasses, my distance vision had gotten very bad, that to have cataract surgery could make the double vision, I deal with from the myestenia, much worse. Is this your experience?

Prednisone in myasthenia gravis

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