all mycin antibiotics except for erythromycin
Doxycycline is not contraindicated in myathenia gravis.
Neostigmine is preferred for treatment of myasthenia gravis. Pyridostigmine is longer acting than neostigmine.
A blepharectomy is surgical removal of the eyelid. Ocular myasthenia gravis is treated with immunosuppressive drugs and low dose alternate day treatment with prednisone.
Persons with disease onset after the age of 60 and those with thymomas (tumor on the thymus) do not respond well to thymectomy.
Yes. I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis at age 15.
Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis occurs in infants born from mothers who have MG.
Aminoglycosides inhibit the release of acetylcholine from the motor nerve. Myestenia gravis patients are more susceptible to this effect. So these drugs are to be avoided in myestenia gravis patients.
No.
Ventilatory assistance devices may need to be used because of myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia gravis.
Cholinergic drugs are used for a variety of purposes, including the treatment of myasthenia gravis and during anesthesia.
yes