Taking a Look at Myasthenia Gravis

to determine exactly what he/she has, which is what her doctor did. Her doctor’s diagnosis made it easy for us to determine whether her illness is myasthenia gravis or myotonic muscular dystrophy. Here’s how. We learned through research that myasthenia gravis and myotonic muscular dystrophy are two common forms of muscular disorders. Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disorder that usually occurs in the arms, head and chest (2). Its symptoms include limb weakness, drooping eyelids, impaired vision

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction which usually causes muscle weakness and other problems. Some of the people who have Myasthenia Gravis experience respiratory failures. It’s very crucial that these patients stay away from interventions that might worsen the disease process. In 2014 a 62 year old woman with a history of metastatic thymic carcinoma and myasthenia gravis came to the emergency room in Houston, Texas. For two days this lady had been experiencing

Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder meaning grave muscular weakness. Symptoms associated with myasthenia gravis include painless, fluctuating, and fatigable weakness involving specific muscle groups. Weakness is usually least in the morning and progresses as the day continues especially with prolonged muscle use. Double vision and drooping eyelids is usually the first symptom complaint from patients with MG. The patient may complain of difficulty with speech, chewing

Drug Interactions Amoxicillin can interact with medications such as Diuretics, oral contraceptives, Probenecid, Tetracyclines, and Warfarin (Woo, 2012). Drug to Food Interactions There are not currently any drug to food interactions when taking this medication. 4. What patent teaching will you provide? When prescribing medications to children the parent or caregiver needs to be educated on the medication. Amoxicillin is excreted by the kidneys, so while using this medication; the child

Diazepam (Valium) was developed by Leo Sternbach in early 1960s and approved for use in 1963. Since 1969 Valium was the most sold pharmasutical drug in the United States . In therapeutic doses diazepam has a much stronger sedative effect compared to barbiturates. Death rarely results from diazepam overdose. Diazepam pharmacologic classificaition is benzodiazepine and therapeutic classification is as an anti-anxiety agent, anticonvulsant, sedative/ hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant. You can

Introduction Anthrax is most commonly known as the 2001 “Bioterror” attacks ( CDC, 2016). After 9/11 several letters tainted with Anthrax were sent out, infecting and killing several people in a matter of days. The word Anthrax derived from Greek word Anthrakos, that means coal. It is believed to have a history that stems from the book of Exodus 5th and 6th plagues. This story tells how Moses took soot and tossed it into the air. The dust covered all of Egypt and boils covered Pharoah’s animals

Ephedra (Ma Huang) is a genus of plant, most commonly derived from the dried herbaceous stems of the Chinese species, Ephedra sinica (Figure 1a and 1b). The natural plant source produces six Ephedra alkaloids, chemicals which are considered to be the active constituents of the plant; ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, methylephedrine and methylpsuedoephedrine (Figure 2) (Veitch et al., 2013). The presence and concentrations of these alkaloids depends primarily on the plant

Myesthenia gravis is caused by a disorder in the transmission of impulses from nerve to muscle cell. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ) is a condition in which there is a degeneration of motor neurons in both the upper & lower motor neuron systems. Transesophageal

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(AMR) and delayed graft function (DGF) both related to transplanted organs’ dysfunction. It is also conducting registration studies in its lead neurology program with Soliris in ultra-rare neurological disorder neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and myasthenia gravis (MG). Besides, asfotase alfa is in preparation to be launched as Alexion’s next product. Other breakthrough potential programs being developed consisting of