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...

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Weight loss issue

gauravt
gauravt

My mom is suffering from myasthenia gravis since 2 years and she is on mediication of myestin medicine since 2 years but nowdays she is facing weight loss issue every month she is loosing 2 kilos this scaring us its Due to MG or other issue?

Rhanson
Rhanson
Sorry to hear your mother is having problems. Many of us with MG have the opposite problem -- weight gain (usually if we are taking prednisone).

One of the first questions is it due to eating less because of problems with chewing and swallowing.

Another from the digestive upset Mestinon can cause and is diarrhea or other problems causing weight loss.

MG makes it difficult to exercise and we can lose muscle mass from inactivity.

There may be some other problem unrelated to MG that is causing this to happen. Sometimes we tend to blame everything that is happening on MG and fail to look to other causes.

In any case, you should talk to a GI specialist to make sure what is happening is understood and the problem solved.

Good Luck
Russ
Vinniecat
Vinniecat
My Dad has had a lot of swallowing issues and lost quite a bit of weight with this disease due to difficulty swallowing and chewing. He's had to have supplemental feeding through an NG and now a PEG tube. We're hoping it will stop his weight loss until he can get stronger.

Best wishes! Let us know what you figure out.