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    Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease that affects signals from nerves to muscles. It causes muscle weakness in the eyes, eyelids, face, and the muscles for breathing and swallowing. The disease occurs when the immune system produces antibodies that block or destroy muscle receptors. Symptoms range from mild to life-threatening crises with shallow breathing and racing heart. While the connection is unclear, abnormalities in the thymus gland are often seen in those with Myasthenia Gravis.

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    Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease that affects signals from nerves to muscles. It causes muscle weakness in the eyes, eyelids, face, and the muscles for breathing and swallowing. The disease occurs when the immune system produces antibodies that block or destroy muscle receptors. Symptoms range from mild to life-threatening crises with shallow breathing and racing heart. While the connection is unclear, abnormalities in the thymus gland are often seen in those with Myasthenia Gravis.

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    Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease that affects signals from nerves to muscles. It causes muscle weakness in the eyes, eyelids, face, and the muscles for breathing and swallowing. The disease occurs when the immune system produces antibodies that block or destroy muscle receptors. Symptoms range from mild to life-threatening crises with shallow breathing and racing heart. While the connection is unclear, abnormalities in the thymus gland are often seen in those with Myasthenia Gravis.

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    Myasthenia

    Gravis

    http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/oph/patients/images/mythenia_1_small.jpg
    flickr user: PeterEdin

    The Many Signs and Symptoms and
movements
can
also
be
 antibodies,
antibodies
are



    affected.
These
symptoms
often
 produced
by
a
kind
of
white

    of MG
    can
become
poorer
as
you
do
 blood
cell.
In
Myasthenia
Gravis

    This
is
an
autoimmune
disease
 more
strenuous
activities.
 your
immune
system
produces

    that
affects
the
signals
from
the
 People
with
this
disease
may
 antibodies
that
block
or

    nerves
to
the
muscles.
It
 have
very
immense
symptoms.
 destroy
many
of
your
muscle

    attacks
the
body's
own
tissues
 These
symptoms
are
known
as
 receptors.
This
disease
it

    and
proteins.
People
with
MG
 the
Myasthenic
Crisis
because
 believed
to
be
a
antibody‐
    are
more
likely
to
have
the
 it
is
a
life‐threatening
 mediated
process.
    problems
of
under‐active
or
 condition.
This
is
because
the

    overactive
thyroid,
Lupus,
or
 signs
can
become
fatal
due
to

    Rheumatoid
arthritis.
The

    affects
of
this
disease
can
be

    shallow
breathing,
shortness
of

    breath,
pale
or
bluish
skin

    Facts:
    such
things
as
muscle
 coloring,
and
a
racing
heart.

    weakness
such
as
the
eye,

    •1 in 20,000 people
    The
cell
process
associated

    eyelid,
and
face.
Because
of
this
 with
this
disease
is
DNA
 can obtain MG
    it
can
be
difficult
to
chew,
talk,
 replication.
DNA
replication
is

    and
swallow
because
of
the
 when
DNA
is
copied.
Because
 •Females: Under Age 40
    muscle
weakness.
Also,
the
 this
disease
is
associated
with

    muscles
that
manage
breathing

    •Males: Over Age of 60

    As
we
know,
the
thymus
gland
plays
a
very
important
part
in
the

    development
of
the
immune
system.
When
individuals
obtain
this
disease

    their
thymus
gland
is
frequently
abnormal
in
size.
This
is
not
the
only

    thing
that
this
disease
can
affect
with
the
thymus
gland.
Some
people
can

    develop
tumors
on
the
thymus
gland
that
are
usually
benign
(non‐
    cancerous)
but
they
can
also
become
malignant
(cancerous).
But
what
is

    the
connection
between
the
thymus
gland
and
this
disease?
The
answer

    to
this
question
has
yet
to
be
answered
because
nobody
fully
understands

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