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"Your nerves communicate with your muscles by releasing chemicals (neurotransmitters) that fit precisely into receptor sites on the muscle cells at the nerve-muscular junction.

In myasthenia gravis, your immune system produces antibodies that block or destroy many of your muscles' receptor sites for a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine..." "With fewer receptor sites available, your muscles receive fewer nerve signals, resulting in weakness (Staff, 2017)"

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It can relax the muscles in the face and make the face look relaxed mainly the eyes
About 15% of people with Myasthenia Gravis have a tumor in the thymus

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Medicine-  "anticholinesterase medicine"

Immunosuppressives or steroids- used to slow downthe immune system.

Immune Globulin- given as a shot or IV infusion to help immune system

Plasmapheresis-  procedure that moves abnormal antibodies

Surgery- to remove the thymus gland

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Painless, worsening muscle weakness

Blurred/double vision

Drooping eyelids and facial muscles

Slurred speech

Fast heartbeats

Shortness of breath or trouble breathing

Trouble chewing and swallowing food
(Myasthenia)

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Mostly caused by an autoimmune disease.
This happens when immune cells produce abnormal antibodies that attack your own body's cells.
Some problems in the thymus, a gland, may cause MG.
The risk for MG is higher if your family has a history of MG.
(Myasthenia)

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Hughes, S. (2016, May 03). Success With Stem Cell Transplant in Myasthenia Gravis. Retrieved February 19, 2018, from https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/862817

Myasthenia gravis. (2017). In CareNotes. Truven Health Analytics. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A503761857/HWRC?u=mtlib_2_754&sid=HWRC&xid=075860e1

Staff, M. C. (2017, August 02). Myasthenia gravis. Retrieved February 19, 2018, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/myasthenia-gravis/symptoms-causes/syc-20352036

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"...a long-term disease that causes severe muscle weakness. It happens when your nerve endings fail to interact properly with your muscles. MG usually affects muscles of the eyes, face, neck, arms, and legs. MG is most common in young women 20 to 30 years of age, and in men 60 to 70 years of age (Myasthenia, 2017)"

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MG