Complications of myasthenia gravis

summary

This morning, my son asked me to give him money when he was at school. I asked him what he was doing with it. He said that one of his classmates had myasthenia gravis and got better after treatment. Let's take a look at the complications of myasthenia gravis.

Complications of myasthenia gravis

Treatment 1: prepare for aggravation: more than half of the patients with generalized myasthenia gravis may have transient symptoms aggravation in the early stage of high-dose hormone application, which can be gradually relieved after about one week. Because the patients with serious disease will have crisis, they need to be prepared for emergency treatment.

Treatment 2: supplement other drugs: hormone can cause electrolyte disorder, long-term use of maintenance dose of hormone need to supplement calcium, take a larger dose of patients should also pay attention to supplement potassium, stomach discomfort need to be combined with gastric protective agent.

Treatment 3: avoid adjusting the drug dose without authorization: Patients with myasthenia gravis must take drugs in strict accordance with the doctor's guidance, and can not increase or reduce the drug dose without authorization, otherwise there may be insufficient treatment or greater side effects.

matters needing attention

For such a disease: the distribution of affected muscles varies from person to person, extraocular muscles are the most likely to be affected, generally for the early symptoms, patients will have one or both eyelids ptosis, strabismus, attention. Patients with cold, emotional excitement, overwork, the use of anesthetics and other circumstances, easy to lead to relapse or aggravation of the disease.