bweeds
Status:
Mood:
Ok
Offline
- In addition to the dental section of the Handbook for Healthcare providers, you might want to look at this discussion--it is informative as well as entertaining:http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Myasthenia_Gravis/forum/12709471-dental-work/page-1
- http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Myasthenia_Gravis/forum/14053811-fasciculations-and-cramps/page-2This is one of the discussions we have had regarding cramping which in our group seems to be quite common. it contains the PNH link.
- Jen set up a new member group for us to paste links and tips and information. I put in some of those I have used. I hope they will be helpful. Please add other sites and tips you find helpful and join the group.Thanks, b.
- A good overview:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1168/a very clear presentation with a good diagram of the neuromuscular junction:http://myasthenickids.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=STlpS4ni5-Q%3d&tabid=39
- The ER section of the Manual for Healthcare providers: http://www.myasthenia.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=S472fPAE1ow%3D&tabid=69 The rest of the manual is helpful as well, particularly regarding anesthesia.the emergency handout for medical...
- This is a publication of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. The MGFA website has much in the way of helpful materials and information including this manual. ...
- With many thanks to Gwyn.The state of testing for autoimmune myasthenia: Current approach to seronegative myasthenia:http://www.springerlink.com/content/m2844025h5104166/This is a long discussion of the antibodies that have been found with tables...
- This is a good general overview of current thought and treatment of myasthenia gravis:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2211463/#__sec21This is the link to NIH Medline Plus discussion of myasthenia gravis with links to other...
- It would be great if someone with more energy and time than I would start a member group where we could keep our favorite links and posts, especially for new members, but also for quick reference for the rest of us. Gwynn's and TJ's links get lost...
- (apologies to those in the southern hemisphere)Because of its unpredictability and usual sudden and unexpected onset, MG is a particularly difficult disease to handle emotionally at any time. But those who are in the throes of diagnosis or trying...
- http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/EmergencyPreparedness/BioterrorismandDrugPreparedness/ucm130342.htmPlease don't take my Mestinon away! Although Mestinon treats only the symptoms (how wonderful to have the symptoms treated!), it is an important part of our...
- There is a work around for some site problems. The latest activities are listed to the right of the discussion page. If you want to see activities of Friends: go to "My Friends" and in the blue line above click the home area. If you go to...
- On February 11, my prednisone was filled with a different generic. My MG had been relatively stable or improving up until that time, then last week I began to have more bulbar symptoms and just not feeling as well and went so far as to draft an...
- Since some of us and families have been sick lately, just wanted to call your attention to Dr. Shapiro's Daily Strength Update for today. The maladies he talks about sound very familiar. b.
- On Valentine's Day (which is a good time to send love notes to those caring physicians and health personnel, thank you Cathy), I have been considering why most neurologists are different than most pediatricians in their approach to patients in...