Conditions / Nervous system
myasthenia gravis
info · Nervous system · ICD-10: G70.0, G70.00
An autoimmune disease of the nervous system that has_material_basis_in antibodies to acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction, with symptoms of ptosis, with symptoms of diplopia, with symptoms of dysphagia, with symptoms of dysarthria, with sympto
An autoimmune disease of the nervous system that has_material_basis_in antibodies to acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction, with symptoms of ptosis, with symptoms of diplopia, with symptoms of dysphagia, with symptoms of dysarthria, with symptoms of muscle weakness and with symptoms of shortness of breath.
Signs and symptoms
- Autoimmunity
- Impaired mastication
- Dysphagia
- Facial palsy
- Diplopia
- Fatigable weakness
- Dysarthria
- Limb muscle weakness
- Abnormality of the endocrine system
- Thymoma
Medications that may treat it
ambenonium atropine benztropine chloroprocaine cyclophosphamide cyclosporine dicyclomine eculizumab edrophonium efgartigimod alfa glycopyrronium hyoscyamine