Myasthenia gravis (MG) can affect the head and neck muscles that you use to speak. If MG makes speaking more difficult, you may benefit from speech therapy. MG is an autoimmune disease involving the ...

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This autoimmune disorder affects how well your nerves and muscles communicate, leading to a variety of symptoms. Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune condition that affects signaling between ...

"Given the significant potential for impaired quality of life and complications related to speech and swallow dysfunction in this population . . . it’s reasonable that language pathology examination ...

Albert Stowell's family thought he was having a stroke. It was Easter dinner 2014, and they were all gathered around the table when he started slurring his words. A trip to the emergency room and a CT ...

Former tennis star Monica Seles has revealed she has been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune condition that affects how the muscles work. The multiple Grand Slam champion says she was ...

Richard J. Nowak, MD, MS, Yale School of Medicine, explains what some early myasthenia gravis symptoms are and their impact on research efforts. Revisit part 1 of this interview, where Nowak discusses ...

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Treatment with the investigational monoclonal antibody drug batoclimab significantly improved symptoms in patients with antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis (MG), data from a new phase 3 ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MDMedically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD The most common symptom of myasthenia gravis (MG) is progressive weakness of the skeletal muscles—the muscles ...