Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

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I don't know what's going on. Recently, I felt very uncomfortable and didn't have the strength to do things. Later, after going to the hospital for examination, the doctor said that it was caused by myasthenia gravis. Now has improved, for myasthenia gravis thymectomy this problem? Do you want to discuss it together? So let's share thymectomy for myasthenia gravis.

Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Treatment 1: early use of anticholinesterase drugs can relieve symptoms in patients with myasthenia gravis. If the effect of such drugs alone is not good, glucocorticoid or methylprednisolone can be combined. According to literature reports, early use of glucocorticoid may prevent the transformation from ocular myasthenia gravis to systemic myasthenia gravis, but exact evidence is still needed.

Treatment 2: systemic myasthenia gravis patients treated with anti cholinesterase drugs alone often can not achieve the therapeutic effect, glucocorticoid should be added or combined with azathioprine, cyclosporine A and other immunosuppressants. Severe cases need high-dose methylprednisolone impact. If the symptoms can not be improved after methylprednisolone impact, consider high-dose gamma globulin impact.

Treatment 3: some patients with generalized myasthenia gravis may have transient aggravation in the process of high-dose methylprednisolone impact. In severe cases, they even need tracheal intubation or tracheotomy, and the change of condition should be closely observed.

matters needing attention

It is suggested that we should pay attention to: Patients with myasthenia are mostly caused by deficiency, and they have been ill for a long time. Therefore, we should ensure adequate intake of vitamins and protein in daily diet, avoid greasy food, eat cold and irritating food carefully, and eat warm and tonic products to achieve tonic effect, so as to enhance the healthy qi of the body. On the diet, we can choose the food of invigorating the spleen and kidney to enhance the immune function of the body, such as eating spareribs soup, eggs, chestnuts, walnuts and so on.