What is Adult Onset Myasthenia Gravis?
It can be intimidating to hear doctors give you a diagnosis when you have no idea what they just said. Most of us didn’t attend medical school and are confused by the terminology used. The purpose of this article is to explain adult onset myasthenia gravis so that the average person can understand what it is they are dealing with. To begin with, know that nerve impulses send signals to the muscles that let the muscle know what it should be doing. In this disorder however, there is an autoimmune issue that causes antibodies to intercept and block that signal so that it never reaches the muscle. Think of the antibodies as bodyguards standing at the gate of the muscle. They are jamming the communication signal and in the end, the muscle doesn’t hear what it is supposed to do. This condition usually takes place in fully grown adults. There are treatments available such as removal of the thymus gland, which may have developed an abnormality that causes these antibodies to act in an unhealth
