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myasthenia gravis remission
A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Zimon answered
59 years experience Internal Medicine
Copper IUD's: have been shown to be safe in patients with various nerve disorders. Every once in a while the "toxicity" of Copper comes up in the so called "Health ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rowena Desailly-chanson answered
27 years experience Neurology
Pretty good: With the appropriate immunosuppressants ...Pretty good remission rates...Not too sure of the exact numbers.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Chiu answered
57 years experience Allergy and Immunology
No: Don't see any unusual risk from Forteo because of MG. It is important for you to get your osteoporosis treated since a major fracture will be devastat ... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered
41 years experience Internal Medicine
Carefully: This question is not well studied - there is an ongoing investigation of the benefits of exercise in MG (see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles ... Read More
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Dr. Herbert Krob answered
29 years experience Neurology
The : The more common kind of myasthenia gravis is an acquired condition: your body is tricked into making antibodies that attack its own acetylcholine rece ... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Donald McCarren answered
36 years experience Neurology
Unknown: In most cases, myasthenia gravis is not inherited and occurs in people with no history of the disorder in their family.
About 3 to 5 percent of af ... Read More
A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissin answered
39 years experience Neurology
Usually very serious: Myasthenia gravis is typically seen in the young and the elderly. In the latter group, they typically have ocular mg, that is there symptoms are confi ... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
Maybe tough, but : We order the following tests: anti-neuromuscular junctional antibody (and maybe anti-musk antibody), an EMG study using repetitive nerve stimulations ... Read More
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Julian Bragg answered
17 years experience Neurology
Immune system: Myasthenia is caused by the immune system attacking a protein in the junction between nerve and muscle. This usually happens spontaneously, but can be ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
Weakness: Characteristically, it is a disease affecting nerve and muscle connections, and may initially present with double vision, drooping of eyelids, and wea ... Read More
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