High-intensity Rehab in Hospital Linked to Delayed Recovery in Study

Contrary to increasing evidence, high-intensity inpatient rehabilitation was not found, in a Japanese study, to speed the recovery of people with myasthenia gravis (MG) who were intubated after a myasthenic crisis. Instead, according to researchers, “high-intensity rehabilitation was associated with delayed recovery in the ADL [activities of daily living],”…

MG at Advanced Stage Follows Thymus Surgery in Older Man

A man developed myasthenia gravis (MG), which quickly progressed to an advanced stage, shortly after surgery to remove a tumor in the thymus gland, according to a report from China. Post-surgical MG is rare and its rapid severity even rarer, its scientists noted, and this man’s  MG diagnosis was more…

MuSK-MG Tied to Poorer Outcomes in Myasthenic Crisis, Study Reports

Patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and self-reactive antibodies against the muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) protein are more likely to have poorer outcomes when experiencing a myasthenic crisis than other MG patients, a study suggests. Outcomes linked to MuSK antibody production include longer periods of hospitalization or admittance to intensive care,…