Articles of category "Myasthenia Gravis (kids and teens)"

Myasthenia Gravis is a disease that causes muscle weakness, rapid fatigue in the muscles, and double vision. It is a disease affecting a person's immune system through antibodies not binding acetylcholine receptors properly. This disease can start showing signs in children and teens, but also has been known to lay dormant with many symptoms until later on in years.

Myasthenia gravis can be extremely difficult to diagnose in children, as the symptoms of the disease can be subtle and hard to distinguish from both normal variants and other neurological disorders. A myasthenia gravis (often referred to just as "myasthenia") patient may have visited the ear/nose/throat (ENT) specialist, perhaps and ophthalmologist (for eyesight problems) and even a psychiatrist in the search that can last for years for the right diagnosis.