Myasthenia gravis (MG) has been treatable for nearly 100 years. In 1934, the Scottish doctor Mary Broadfoot Walker, MD, discovered that the drug physostigmine improved muscle function in people with ...

A new study led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and Cartesian Therapeutics, found that immunotherapy can help ...

It’s a lifelong autoimmune neuromuscular disease. It causes certain muscles to weaken easily after you use them. Muscle fatigue typically varies throughout the day (sometimes hour by hour) and gets ...

Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition affecting the muscles surrounding and involving the eyes. Symptoms can include double vision, droopy eyelids, and more. Ocular myasthenia gravis ...

Drooping eyelids, referred to as ptosis, are a common symptom of myasthenia gravis. The disease can weaken muscles around the eye, as well as muscles involved with walking, breathing, and more.

Five therapies are currently approved by the FDA for treating the symptoms of myasthenia gravis, allowing partial to complete remission. Research suggests that five new therapies may become available ...

Doctors may recommend oral medications such as pyridostigmine and various intravenous (IV) drugs for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Thymectomy surgery and plasma exchange may also help. The aim ...