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Do You Have MuSK or LRP4 Antibodies?

Do you have MuSK or LRP4 antibodies? "Most people with MG have problems with acetylcholine receptors (AChR). However, other antibodies may cause MG, such as muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) and low-density...

ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) Test and Myasthenia Gravis

ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) Test and Myasthenia gravis. ANA, antinuclear antibodies, is a type of autoantibody. "Autoantibodies are antibodies (immune proteins) that mistakenly target and react with a person's own tissues...

MG Terminology

I bet we all remember the first few years after being diagnosed with Myasthenia gravis and constantly finding new MG-related terms we were unfamiliar with. Many of us are still...

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...

Enter Our Awareness Month Giveaway

*This giveaway has closed but we still welcome community members to share their coping strategies.* In honor of Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month, we're gifting one lucky winner a copy of...

I've bee n prescribed CellCept

Anyone out there using cellcept now who can give me some information, etc??? Reading about all the possible side effects is lots of fun, if you know what I mean!...

A tuning point of healing MG

My healing journey reached a turning point when I first got in touch with self-healing Qigong meditation. I was in my friend’s car. His wife showed me the Chinese book...

Myasthenia flare up

Hi all, I was diagnosed at 21 years old, with mg and thymoma over 2 years ago. I was treated with steroids, IV and chemotherapy for thymoma tumour and have...

How do I manage this mysthania ?gravis

Hi Am ifeoma I started experiencing weakness in 2010 because I was pregnant I thought it was one of the symptoms of pregnancy. After birth it continues that I have...

Covid and Paxlovid

Hi just wondering if anyone has taken Paxlovid for Covid? Paxlovid is an anti viral treatment which has FDA emergency use authorization. I was given this after testing positive for...

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