MG is a chronic condition with symptoms that come and go. It can be severe, but it’s also a treatable condition. Here are 10 key insights for MG patients and their support networks.

At Know Rare, we believe sharing our questions, experiences, and collective wisdom can help us all in navigating an uncertain course with our rare disease. For medical questions, it is always important to consult your doctor or specialists; however, sometimes it can help to have information to share with them. This is the first of a series of questions we received and the research we’ve found on the topic.

Symptoms of myasthenia gravis (MG) often fluctuate. There may be times when you have only minor symptoms or no symptoms at all.

Have you ever left a doctor appointment and realized you forgot to mention an important event in your health history? Having a rare disease often means you are seeing more than one doctor, and they all need to know your medical history. That means you have to remember all the symptoms and treatments you’ve had, including when they started and stopped, and how much they have affected your life.

Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system produces antibodies that interfere with normal cell function, instead of attacking invaders like bacteria and viruses.