What Are the Symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis?
- Droopy eyelids
- Double vision
- Having a hard time swallowing with a higher risk of gagging and choking
- Change in the quality of your voice
- Increasing weakness of a particular muscle group during continuous use of those muscles and improved strength of muscles after resting those muscle groups
- Weak cough
- Having a hard time breathing, leading to respiratory failure (myasthenic crisis)
- Unclear speech
- Fatigue with chewing
- Uncommonly, only weak arms or legs
Call Your Doctor if You Have the Following Symptoms
- You notice a droopy eyelid or double vision.
- You have a hard time chewing or swallowing.
- You notice muscle weakness now and then that improves after rest.
- You already have myasthenia gravis and you have a hard time breathing.
