SEVERE MYASENTHIA GRAVIS



By maria garvalia from charleston, s.c. on February 18, 2008
Category: Pyridostigmine bromide

HELLO, I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A 65 YEAR OLD DAD THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HEALTHY AS A HORSE. HE FELL APPROX. 25 FT OFF THE EDGE OF A ROOF BACK IN OCT. 2007, AND BROKE HIS LEFT ARM AND CRUSHED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE HAD BALL REPLACEMENT ON THE SHOULDER AND SEEMED TO BE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. HIS LEGS HAD BEEN VERY WEAK SINCE THE FALL AND HE HAD LOST NEARLY 40 POUNDS. HE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO GET HIS STRENGTH BACK. HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO HE STARTED WITH DROOPY EYES AND SLURRED SPEECH. HE WENT TO THE ER AND THOUGHT IT WAS A TIA. FOLLOW UP WITH HIS DR. AND SHE SCHEDULED A FEW TEST. MY DAD HAD TO BE ADMITTED A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER DUE TO SEVERE SLURRED SPEECH, DROOPY EYES AND HIS FACE MUSCLES PULLED, STILL VERY WEAK IN HIS LEGS. THIS IS WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MYASENTHIA GRAVIS AND PUT ON 60 MG PYRIDOSTIGMINE. HE HAD BEEN ON THIS APPROX. 1-1/2 WEEKS WHEN HE STARTED WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH. HE STILL HAD ALL THE OTHER SYMPTOMS. MEDS NOT REALLY WORKING BUT HE WAS THINKING HE NEEDED TO GIVE THEM TIME. LAST SAT. NITE HE GOT WORSE AND DECIDED TO DRIVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL. HE MADE IT TO THE ER AND 20 MIN. LATER HE WAS INTUBATED AND PUT ON A VENTILATOR UNTIL YESTERDAY WHICH WAS A WEEK AND A DAY LATER. HE UNDERWENT 5 PLASMA TREATMENTS WHICH SEEMED TO HELP TREMENDOUSLY. HE IS STILL ON THE SAME MEDS, HOWEVER THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ADDING A STEROID TO THE MIX. MY DAD HOWEVER IS EXPERIENCING ANXIETY ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER TAKING THE PYRIDOSTIGMINE. IT'S WHEN HE LAYS FLAT TO SLEEP. NOT SURE IF SOME OF THIS COULD BE IN HIS MIND. CAN YOU GIVE ME ANYTHING ON MYASENTHIA GRAVIS? DIET? NATURAL REMEDIES? SPECIALISTS IN THE SOUTH EAST THAT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP? EVERYONE HAS A FATHER, BUT VERY FEW ARE AS FORTUNATE AS I AM TO HAVE A DADDY. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP HIM AND GET HIM HEALTHY AGAIN. PLEASE HELP, MARIA


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