PHYSIOLOGY
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
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Disease that causes brain deterioration
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Autoimmune disease that causes severe muscular weakness
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Autoimmune disease that attacks joints
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Disease that causes damage to the intestines
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is myasthenia gravis? Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles (the muscles that connect to your bones and contract to allow body movement in the arms and legs, and allow for breathing).
Detailed explanation-2: -Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease, meaning the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own parts. MG affects the communication between nerves and muscles (the neuromuscular junction). People with MG lose the ability to control muscles voluntarily.
Detailed explanation-3: -There is no cure for MG, but most people with the condition have a normal life span. Only 3 to 4 out of every 100 people with MG die because of MG. Years ago, early death occurred in over a third of people with MG. Today, if someone dies of MG, death is usually due to a myasthenic crisis or a thymoma.