Clinical manifestation and treatment of myasthenia gravis

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My uncle got myasthenia gravis. At first, his eyelids drooped, but he didn't pay much attention. Later, he found that he couldn't laugh, his face was stiff, he couldn't chew, he had difficulty swallowing, and he couldn't even lift his arm. Now it's under treatment, and now it's finally cured. Today I'd like to share with you the clinical manifestations and treatment of myasthenia gravis.

Clinical manifestation and treatment of myasthenia gravis

Treatment 1: anticholinesterase drug treatment, as a routine clinical drug of choice. Its main function is to inhibit cholinesterase, reduce the hydrolysis of acetylcholine, increase the chance of interaction between acetylcholine and its receptor, so as to improve muscle strength.

Treatment 2: immunosuppressive therapy, cyclophosphamide 200mg / D orally or intravenously. Azathioprine 50-150 mg / D orally. It can be treated with thymus operation. The course of treatment was more than 4 months.

Treatment 3: thymus surgery is a routine treatment. At present, it is considered that the remission rate of sternal operation is higher than that of cervical operation. Large dose of immunoglobulin was injected intravenously at a dose of 400mg / D for 5 days. Cooperate with other treatment methods.

matters needing attention

On this, I would like to remind you: the diet structure of patients with myasthenia gravis needs to cooperate. For example, in different stages of myasthenia gravis, the diet should be graded. For patients with myasthenia gravis who have no fever, normal chewing ability and normal digestive function, the standard daily calories and balanced diet ratio can be determined by using ordinary meals. Therefore, diet is important for myasthenia gravis The treatment of weakness is also very important.