What is myasthenia gravis?

Myasthenia gravis, a disorder of the thymus gland, is often successfully treated with a surgical procedure called robotic thymectomy. In this video, Dr. Brian Louie talks about myasthenia gravis and explains how it causes muscles to become weak during repetitive motion. For more information, please visit the Swedish Robotic Surgery Program at:

[vijilakshmi]

myasthenia gravis left me. i prayed with jesus. jesus blessed me. i cried with jesus. jesus healed me. yesuvin raththam jeyam.

[rg]

My younger brother was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis and thymoma cancer in late 2009, he had the thymus removed, and had chemo and radiation therapy.A few months later they found some cancer in his left lung so he had surgery to remove his whole left lung. He was actually doing well for a few months after his surgery. Unfortunately in May of 2011 he had severe respiratory distress due to Myasthenia Gravis crisis, he went to the hospital and admitted to the ICU, he was intubated and on meds. He passed away July 5th 2011 due to complications of pneumonia and cancer coming back. He suffered up until his final days, he turned 38 years old while in the hospital. Life isn't fair sometimes.

[Designbuilder]

I am 35 now and was diagnosed with Ocular MG two months back after having diplopia for almost 18 years. Now as my Achr test level was quite high, i am advised to get Plasmapheresis done after which Thymectomy, removal of the thymus gland is to be done. I hope and pray that it all goes away as having constant double vision for so many years and lately getting muscle weakness even at a young age makes me feel really old 🙁.

[annamonti]

Thank you so much for all this important information 🙏

[Milathegoatnyc]

My mother is curently in the hospital...she is having severe breathing issues. She awaiting surgery they already postponed in in April 2018 it is now Jan 2019 she cannot breathe and has tubes all over her. please pray for me.

[roe]

I was diagnosed with MG in 2010, it came on verry agressive and it changed my life. I lost my job of 7yrs. I went from being super athletic to wobeling when I walked. Full blown dbl vission so I had to wear an eyepatch. 7/26/2012, I had the surgery and I noticed a differance as soon as I got home 2 days later. I would say that the gain outwayed the risk to me. I would recomend it to anyone with MG. To me it only made sence to get the surgery.

[sadevgammage]

I’ve had this since as long as I can remember. My eyes often hang low and if I don’t take my medicine everyday I feel insanely tired and weak. I remember when I couldn’t drink out of a straw! I feel so much better unless I over work myself!

[sprdv]

I had my surgery in 2015 and have been on mestinon since. I remember waking up from surgery and when I got my bearings straight, it was a miracle. I felt like I was on top of the world. Well I went a week without my medication and the world fell on top of me. I will say it wasn't full on crises but Damn it was hard. Never again will I miss a dose and I am one of the lucky ones. Only 60mg every 4 hrs for the rest of my life. It's great being alive.

[Kay-t-lynn]

Absolutely interesting, thank you for sharing!

[zaidqutob]

I have MG, whenever i walk for great distances or excersise for long periods of time i get weak, i start to become extremely tired, this has affected me in many ways, whenever i go out with my friends to the mall amd walk alot i get so tired, my friends get so fed up with me eventually they leave me alone and dont help me, so because of that im antisocial because im scared that my friends will get fed up with me and spend time sitting to gain energy, i dont exercise at all. My friends dont understand what i have, they make fun of me, they dont ask me to go with them, they imitate me when i get tired and that makes me feel depressed and sad to a point that i burst into tear's and become heartbroken, therefore i lost many friends and then i dont have friends at all.

[JustAGrrrrl]

I have MG, the problems with the face are just minute twitching and moderate to severe drooping from muscle weakness, which leads to vision problems, drooling, difficulty chewing, sawllowing and slurred speech.

[dannyfletcher]

How much of an impact does partial, if not full removal of the thymus have on your immune system?

[lakshmijalligampala]

I was born with mg now I am I diagnosed it at my age 12 now I'm 18 using medicines till now but I can't running a normal life could you please help me

[sportshistorybuff]

I understand that this disease causes sufferers to have unusual facial expressions. Does one's face constantly change without any control, or does it typically lock into one expression for an extended period? The reason I am asking is that about 30 years ago, in the early 1980's, I saw a Canadian public awareness commercial for a disease which I can't remember, but it depicted a victim whose face was tragically changing every second without any control. It was very sad and disturbing.

[wendymitchell]

We were told only a very few cases are helped by Thymus removal .

[PakistaniGOOGLE]

I am mysthania gravis patient. I got my thymas removed. I operated on 15feb2019. I am still on after operation recovering duration. But I am feeling so weak after operation and I am still taking mysthania gravis medicine

[familyloyalty]

My dad had this, but they medicated him and he took prednisone also.

[brittneybillings]

Mysenthia Gravis sucks! I've had this for 3years & its made my life a living hell!! Not being able to chew or swallow is what depresses me! I had my thymus gland removed..did not help at all!!

[josoz]

Someone I know had it removed by cracking the sternum. They got it all ❤

[brittanydickson]

Being an MG patient. This disease sucks!