What are the symptoms of myasthenia gravis?

Answer by  hellopiper (324)

All symptoms are caused by muscle weakness, which worsens with activity and fatigue. Early symptoms are drooping eyelids, trouble carrying or grasping, and difficulty swallowing. Resting may improve the symptoms temporarily. When the muscles that control breathing are affected, this condition can be life-threatening.

Answer by  ARojewski (26)

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder that causes severe weakness in the muscles of the face, head, and neck. This leads to symptoms such as ptosis (drooping eyelids), diplopia (double vision, due to the eye muscles growing too weak to allow normal eye movements), and difficulties swallowing and speaking clearly. In severe cases, breathing can also be somewhat impaired.

Answer by  mediamaven (579)

Symptoms include drooping of one or both eyelids, double vision, changes in speech (soft, nasally, etc.), blurred vision, difficulty in swallowing and chewing, breathing difficulty, changes in facial expression muscles and walking.

Answer by  Redav (231)

Some symptoms are eyelids drop, blurry vision, dysarthria, swallowing difficult, dyspnoea, less facial moves, and weakness of arms, legs, neck and fingers. Can be one, some or all of them.

Answer by  cindy (1484)

The number one symptom of myasthenia gravis is muscles that are easily fatigued after repetitive use. The proximal muscles (i.e. ones closet to the trunk of the body) are most likely to be affected first.