A member asked:

I have been told i have had tia's in past, but the last one a new doctor told me it might be a autoimmune disease called mg. how can i know for sure?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Virginia Phipps answered

Myasthenia gravis: If Myasthenia gravis is indeed what you were told you had, this could be diagnosed definitively by having antibodies checked. See your PCP or a Rheumatologist.

Answered 10/31/2014

3.9k views

Thank

Show 1 more comment

More of what we treat

Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.

Get Virtual Care

For Businesses

About Us

HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients

A member asked:

I have been told i have had tia's in past, but the last one a new doctor told me it might be a autoimmune disease called mg. how can i know for sure?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Virginia Phipps answered

Related Questions

A member asked:

Should i go in for a complete psy evl. In house or go to a one day a week doctor. Will this give me a black eye or not? I have taken meds for what i was told was anexity and depression, recentlydoctor who new to me added another medicine called viviid sta

A member asked:

I had my sural nerve entrapment surgery approximately 10 years ago. Now I am experiencing terrible pain in the ankle and the bottom of my foot. Do you think its related and what kind of doctor should I see?

A member asked:

Foot op - due to broken bone, then wore a cast, but after diagnosed with clot in sural vein. Doctors removed the cast to treat. Is this advisable?

A member asked:

My doctor told me that ive got a rare kidney disease called andlo-something Can you please think and let me know what is the full name as ive forgotten what my doctor was saying all i can remeber is the beginiing of the disease name??

A member asked:

I have one doctor who is 95-% sure I have an autoimmune disease. This past year I had rheumatic fever and then colitis. Never had either in my life. I?

Sponsored Content

People also searched for:

I took a urine test and the doctor called back and said I have sugar in my urine, what does this mean. I am a 26 year old male who has common variable immuno deficiency and i may have propheryia or an auto immune disease, does sugar in the urine indictae

Last year i did heart cath it whose normal now new doctor what's to do another one so call the family doctor to tell him he told me he is a bad doctor?

I've been having TIAs and I have absence seizures. Is there any preventative or medication my last doctor should have gave me? I no longer have insurance so I can't go back to my neurologist because she is expensive.

The doc took blood and called me and said the auto immune was abnormal. What could this possibly mean? Is this life threatening?

Im a 39 y/o male with 4 autoimmune diseases. All my life my baseline temp was 98.5-98.7. Over the last year its dropped 1.5-2 degrees averaging 96.7. What conditions could cause a new baseline temp? What should I ask my doctor for? Thank you?

Telemedicine

Primary Care

Manage Your Conditions

Women's Health

Children's Health

Men's Health

Senior Health

Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle

Sexual Health

Mental & Behavioral Health

Travel Medicine

Urgent Care

Didn't find what you're looking for?

More of what we treat

Allergies

Antibiotics

Asthma

High Blood Pressure

Prescriptions

Type 2 Diabetes

For Businesses

Company

Health Content

Join Us

Download HealthTap

Questions?