Complications of Myasthenia Gravis

Complications list for Myasthenia Gravis:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Myasthenia Gravis includes:

• Myasthenic crisis - acute muscle weakness leading to respiratory failure
• Respiratory paralysis
• Acute respiratory failure (type of Respiratory failure) - if the breathing muscles adversely affected.
• Neonatal myasthenia - a syndrome in babies of autoimmune myasthenia gravis mothers.
• Limb paralysis (see Paralysis symptoms)

See also the symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis and Introduction: Myasthenia Gravis.

Complications and sequelae of Myasthenia Gravis from the Diseases Database include:

• Electromyogram abnormalities
• Dysphagia
• Respiratory failure type 2
• Muscle weakness
• Dysphonia
• Lower motor neurone lesion
• Blepharoptosis
• External ophthalmoplegia

See also the symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis and Introduction: Myasthenia Gravis.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

About complications:

Complications of Myasthenia Gravis are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Myasthenia Gravis. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis and complications of Myasthenia Gravis is unclear or arbitrary.