Myasthenia gravis comes from Greek and Latin words meaning grave muscular weakness.
It is a is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease defined by fluctuating weakness in the voluntary muscles. It effects 20 in 100,000 people and possibly more because it is most likely under diagnosed.
The more people who are aware of this disease, the more people can get the right diagnosis and better research can be done.
June is the awareness month for myasthenia gravis, so now that you have heard of this disease post something with #IhaveheardofMG!
