June is Myasthenia Gravis Month

 MYASTHENIA EDUCATION

There was a time when MG was often misdiagnosed in its early stages because there could be other reasons for most of those symptoms  mentioned.  Myasthenia Gravis remains  a problem still today?

It  is  referred to as the ‘snowflake disease,’ because in its early stages, it manifests itself differently in different individuals, making it seem that there are no two patients and symptoms that are exactly alike. MG is rare enough that many practicing physicians never see a case in their entire careers. In the United States, MG will develop in only about 20 to 30 patients out of 100,000. Because of that rarity, it is easily mistaken for other neuromuscular disorders or even as stress and general tiredness. The first thing that most of our patients notice is the droopy eyelid, so it’s often eye doctors who send their patients with that symptom to us.