Prognosis of Myasthenia Gravis

Prognosis of Myasthenia Gravis: Good. Many people go into remission or suffer only mild disability. ...see also Overview of Myasthenia Gravis

Prognosis for Myasthenia Gravis: With treatment, the outlook for most patients with myasthenia is bright: they can expect to lead normal or nearly normal lives. Some case of myasthenia gravis may go into remission temporarily, and muscle weakness may disappear so that medications can be discontinued. In a few cases, the severe weakness of myasthenia gravis may cause respiratory failure, which requires immediate emergency medical care. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Myasthenia Gravis Information Page: NINDS) ... Treatment can induce remission, and people can lead productive lives. (Source: excerpt from Neuromuscular Diseases: NWHIC) ...see also Overview of Myasthenia Gravis

Complications:

Complications of Myasthenia Gravis may include:

• 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)
• more complications...»

Complications of Myasthenia Gravis from the Diseases Database include:

• Electromyogram abnormalities
• Dysphagia
• Respiratory failure type 2
• Muscle weakness
• Dysphonia
• more complications...»

See also complications of Myasthenia Gravis.

Myasthenia Gravis: Research More

• Myasthenia Gravis: Introduction
• Symptoms: Myasthenia Gravis
• Complications: Myasthenia Gravis
• Causes: Myasthenia Gravis
• Treatments: Myasthenia Gravis

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Myasthenia Gravis usually refers to the likely outcome of Myasthenia Gravis. The prognosis of Myasthenia Gravis may include the duration of Myasthenia Gravis, chances of complications of Myasthenia Gravis, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Myasthenia Gravis, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Myasthenia Gravis. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.