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...
A study confirms what we probably all know already -- MG comes with many additional illnesses. The LInk
http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/-myasthenia-gravis--comes-with-comorbidities
from the study:
the most common association being dyslipidemia 60%, diabetes mellitus 20%, dysthyroidism 19%, hypertension 16% and autoimmune diseases 7%. Of all the participants in this study, 73% had comorbidities, demonstrating an elevated occurrence for people with MG.
In easier language: high cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid problems, blood pressure and other auttoimmune disease are friendly with MG.
Hope you have a nice Thanksgiving week. I head to the endocrinologist next month for a followup on my MG and other comorbidities (a morbid word for simultaneous diseases.).
Good Luck,, and comorbiditly yours, Russ
http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/-myasthenia-gravis--comes-with-comorbidities
from the study:
the most common association being dyslipidemia 60%, diabetes mellitus 20%, dysthyroidism 19%, hypertension 16% and autoimmune diseases 7%. Of all the participants in this study, 73% had comorbidities, demonstrating an elevated occurrence for people with MG.
In easier language: high cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid problems, blood pressure and other auttoimmune disease are friendly with MG.
Hope you have a nice Thanksgiving week. I head to the endocrinologist next month for a followup on my MG and other comorbidities (a morbid word for simultaneous diseases.).
Good Luck,, and comorbiditly yours, Russ
I apologize for my sarcasm, and thank you for bringing this to the group.
I predict this Thanksgiving Week I will have a crapload of "dyslipidemia" !!!
So depressing ; when it rains it pours I guess, as if MG wasn't enough.
"Comorbiditly yours" - LOL !