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Putting on the brakes with MG weakness

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Jasmine Nathan, an MG patient advocate, shares how learning to recognize early warning signs like weakness and vision changes helps her take action and stay safe day to day.

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For me, the specific warning signs that I look for is my weakness.

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I can basically feel when my body is going into a state of where I’m weak. I have to sit down at that moment, or I have to call somebody.

I need to get to where I need to go at that moment. Also, in hindsight, with my eyes, that’s even more detrimental to the situation.

I can’t see. I will see two people.

That means just staying at home. So those are the warning signs for myself that I have to be aware of.

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