Myasthenia Gravis Support Group
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...
I'm quite nervous about it. I look on the list of drugs to use with caution and there are a huge list of -caines, so I'm wondering if there's anything they can really give me at all for local anasthetic that isn't somewhat dangerous. Does anyone have any good experience in finding something harmless?
Also, the procedure is Tuesday morning, and then I'm going to my father's house Wednesday afternoon by train for a few days. I think I read that someone had a crisis a few days after dental work here, and that kind-of makes me nervous, though this site seems to say that if I do have any problems with local anasthetic, they'll resolve rather quickly:
http://dig.pharm.uic.edu/faq/myasthenia.aspx
It would of course be better if I could take a few days off and watch myself...but I haven't seen my father in a year and a half, partially because of my MG.
One thing in my favor is that I seem to have only had ocular symptoms so far, and I've had this since April 2012.
Any general advice? Is dental work generally successful for all of you?
Also, the procedure is Tuesday morning, and then I'm going to my father's house Wednesday afternoon by train for a few days. I think I read that someone had a crisis a few days after dental work here, and that kind-of makes me nervous, though this site seems to say that if I do have any problems with local anasthetic, they'll resolve rather quickly:
http://dig.pharm.uic.edu/faq/myasthenia.aspx
It would of course be better if I could take a few days off and watch myself...but I haven't seen my father in a year and a half, partially because of my MG.
One thing in my favor is that I seem to have only had ocular symptoms so far, and I've had this since April 2012.
Any general advice? Is dental work generally successful for all of you?
Here is the link to the discussion :
http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/myasthenia-gravis-links-and-news/discussions/messages/14074319
good luck and hope all goes smoothly and you have a good visit with your Dad, b.
It sounds like just about everything else with MG: most people don't have any problems if they follow the general recommendations, and then there are a few odd snowflake cases where we're not even sure what went wrong.
But you know what? Almost every time I've worried something related to this disease, one of two things has happened:
#1. Nothing bad happened.
#2. The worst problems were actually a result of my anxiety.
#2 has actually been significant. I've had symptoms get worse, and I've freaked out about them and they've gotten still worse, and then my neurologist will agree to see me, or choose to keep me on my same medications, and I'll get better (sometimes just before the appointment), probably due to the confidence I have that she makes good calls. I take it that my MG is very reactive with respect to my anxiety level.