It’s a lifelong autoimmune neuromuscular disease. It causes certain muscles to weaken easily after you use them. Muscle fatigue typically varies throughout the day (sometimes hour by hour) and gets ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Efgartigimod (Vyvgart), a neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) antagonist, significantly improved symptoms in patients with anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR-Ab)-negative generalized ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) has been treatable for nearly 100 years. In 1934, the Scottish doctor Mary Broadfoot Walker, MD, discovered that the drug physostigmine improved muscle function in people with ...

Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition affecting the muscles surrounding and involving the eyes. Symptoms can include double vision, droopy eyelids, and more. Ocular myasthenia gravis ...

A new study looked at mortality trends in the U.S. among more than 37,000 individuals with MG over a 23-year period. Age-adjusted mortality rates in MG increased significantly over the study period, ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) medications can improve symptoms and quality of life, even though MG is chronic and has no current cure. Pyridostigmine bromide (Mestinon), a cholinesterase inhibitor, is often ...

Former tennis star Monica Seles recently revealed she is living with the rare disease myasthenia gravis, which affects 12 in 100,000 people globally. Seles explained her first symptoms appeared ...

Doctors may recommend oral medications such as pyridostigmine and various intravenous (IV) drugs for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Thymectomy surgery and plasma exchange may also help. The aim ...