Myasthenia gravis eye

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The people in my wife's family live a long life. My wife's grandfather is almost 90 years old now. He has been in good health and has no problems. This spring, I heard my father-in-law say that my grandfather suffered from myasthenia gravis, which seems to be very serious. After treatment, he has basically recovered. Now I would like to share with you the problems about myasthenia gravis.

Myasthenia gravis eye

Symptom 1: blepharoptosis, myasthenia gravis, often with extraocular muscle paralysis and blepharoptosis is often the first symptom, performance for the upper eyelid part or completely can't lift, cause the upper eyelid lower edge cover corneal upper edge too much, so that the disease eye crack appears smaller than normal eye crack.

Symptom 2: dyspnea, myasthenia gravis patients with dyspnea is often due to the diaphragm or other chest wall breathing muscle strength weakened. Respiratory muscle weakness can lead to pulmonary infection, atelectasis, ventilation blood flow ratio imbalance and hypoxemia. Hypoventilation can cause hypercapnia, even respiratory failure. Upper airway obstruction is an uncommon respiratory dysfunction in patients with myasthenia gravis. Bulbar palsy can lead to upper airway obstruction, aggravate respiratory symptoms and lead to respiratory failure. The most serious upper airway muscle dysfunction is laryngeal muscle paralysis, which leads to vocal cord adduction or even paralysis during inhalation.

Symptom 3: hoarseness, hoarseness as the first manifestation of myasthenia gravis is rare. The incidence rate of myasthenia gravis with hoarseness is the first symptom. The incidence is low, the symptoms are repeated, and there is no specificity. It is often ignored by clinicians. It is often misdiagnosed as laryngitis, pharyngitis, vocal cord paralysis, hysterical hoarseness, etc.

matters needing attention

For this disease: myasthenia gravis care need to do a reasonable diet, do not favor. Reasonable diet and adequate nutrition are the necessary conditions to ensure human growth and development. "The five flavors are stored in the stomach to nourish the five Zang Qi.". Insufficient diet, that is, lack of nutrition, affects blood biochemistry, and leads to physical weakness. On the contrary, excessive diet can damage the spleen and stomach, and lead to physical decline over time. Therefore, patients with myasthenia gravis should match meat and vegetables, coarse grains and fine grains in diet.