Did Your MG First Symptoms Happen All at Once, a Crisis?

A Myasthenic Crisis is the most severe event Myasthenia gravis can cause. Although it can vary, a crisis typically involves weakening multiple muscles, double vision, unsteady balance, and swallowing difficulties. Eventually, if there is no medical intervention, it can progress to life-threatening breathing impairment, https://myasthenia-gravis.com/crisis. Most individuals with MG will never experience a crisis.

Did MG symptoms first happen to you in the form of a crisis? Did a formal MG diagnosis follow, or did it take years to get answers?

What do you believe triggered your crisis? The following situations could be the potential trigger:
Contradicted Drugs with MG
Illness or infection
Pregnancy or childbirth
Extreme temperatures
Stress, especially from surgery or trauma
Lack of sleep
Magnesium (especially if given by IV)
Some antibiotics
Certain high blood pressure and heart drugs
Some anesthesia and paralytics (neuromuscular blocking agents)
Botox (botulinum toxin)

Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) is a warned against with MG and is what led to my first symptoms in the form of a crisis. MG was proposed as a possibility within 24 hours at the emergency room.

- Jodi, Team Member