Question 1

41, myastheniagravis, osteoporosis from 15yr pred! endo says 100%chance if fall hip/spine break. how do i control weak muscles & bones & anxiety?

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Advice: Not surprising that several years of steroids has caused bone thinning.  Yet, why have you not been placed on any of a number of drugs which are used to treat directly osteoporosis?   See a rheumatologist, have this specialist communicate with your neurologist.  Also, consider physical therapy for strengthening and perhaps a mild increasing weight lifting program.

Question 2

myasthenia gravis and dopamine levels?

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? what is the questi: Myastenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease, the body make antibodies which can interrupt muscular function.  Does not directly involve dopamine.

Dopamine is a neuromuscular transmitter which can be decreased in  parkinson's disease.

Question 3

how is myasthenia gravis diagnosed?

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Maybe tough, but : We order the following tests: anti-neuromuscular junctional antibody (and maybe anti-musk antibody), an EMG study using repetitive nerve stimulations to look for possible classical decriment patterns, cat scan of chest to see if there is large thymus, and perhaps a clinical tensilon test.  That should for the most part confirm the diagnosis.

Question 4

what is myasthenia gravis?

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Fatigable weakness: Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that disrupts the neuromuscular junction, so that when motor nerves fire the muscle fibers do not reliably contract.  It manifests as a "fatigable weakness" (one that gets worse with sustained effort) that can involve the limbs, the cranial nerves (hoarseness, double vision, difficulty swallowing), or, in some dangerous cases, muscles of breathing.

Question 5

what increasesrisk for myasthenia gravis?

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Wide range of people: Conditions that increase your risk for developing myasthenia include: autoimmune disease (thyroid disease, lupus, rheumatoid, type i diabetes), a tumor called a thymoma, and exposure to certain medications (most famously an immunosuppressant and chelating agent called penicillamine).

Question 6

myasthenia gravis is a serious autoimmune disorderthis help alleviate symptoms of myasthenia gravis?

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See neurologist : Please make sure that you have the proper diagnosis for myasthenia gravis.  You will need blood tests for antibodies, and repetitive stimulation studies or even single fiber emg.  You must be taken care of by a neurologist who can give you medicines to help with the disease if you to prove to have myasthenia gravis.

Question 7

what's are fibromyalgia and myasthenia gravis?

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Possibly: Anything is possible but these two diseases are unrelated.

Question 8

how serious is myasthenia gravis?

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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 confined to the eye muscles. In the young, symptoms include muscle weakness, breathing difficulties, swallowing difficulties, visual problems(double vision, droopy eye lids), problems chewing. Symptoms worsen during the day.If not treated, it can be fatal.

Question 9

what canworsen my myasthenia gravis symptoms?

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Medications: Infections and medications can cause worionsening og mg. Medications like certain antibiotics, anesthetic agents, muscle relaxants, Botox injections etc. Decrease immune system related to multiple factors like lack of sleep, overexhaustion etc.

Question 10

myasthenia gravis can wayfaring cause mg?

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It is not possible: Myasthenia gravis can cause weakness in your neck, arms and legs, other muscles. MG is caused by antibodies blocking acetylcholine,  but it is not caused by wayfaring.  Take care.

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