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