Hello:
I am a 71 year old male.
I had covid-19 the first week of January 2022.
Immediately, upon recovering from covid-19, I developed double vision.
By mid February of 22, I was diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis.
My vision was corrected with steroids. I am off the steroids now but take 1000mg of CellCept twice daily.
My neurologist insists the covid-19 did not cause/trigger the MG.
My life was pretty OK until October of 2023 when I started having problems swallowing.
My neurologist is adamant that it is not related to the MG.
Yesterday, I got a second opinion, the second neurologist also didn't think the swallowing was MG related, but prescribed pyridostigm
.
I am to take 1/2 pill, 1/2 hour before a meal.
I have only had 2 meals since then, but my swallowing seems much improved....too soon to tell for sure.
I am interested to know if anyone else thinks that their MG is the result of having had covid-19.
I am also interested to hear if anyone has swallowing problems similar to what I am experiencing.
Thanks