Little known and poorly diagnosed, myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that can prevent muscles from working properly.
There are many reasons why you feel tired. The return of summer temperatures, which sometimes make us feel a little soft, work overload and lack of sleep: in short, life. That said, it can also be caused by a disease that is still little known to the general public.
Tiredness and muscle difficulties
Do you know what autoimmune myasthenia is, also known as myasthenia gravis? This pathology, particularly rare, involves a defect in transmission between nerves and muscles. Sufferers also have more or less fluctuating muscle difficulties.
According to the NHS, symptoms include droopy eyelids, double vision and difficulty making facial expressions. It can also cause difficulty chewing and swallowing, slurred speech, weakness in the arms, legs and neck. Finally, it can cause shortness of breath.
According to the AFM Telethon: Autoimmune myasthenia gravis is a major neuromuscular disease in adults. However, it can start in childhood.
A complex disease to diagnose
The website then explains that it is not an inherited condition, but a disease that results from a malfunction of a person’s immune system and causes muscle weakness.
It is not an inherited genetic disease, but an autoimmune disease: it results from a malfunction of the immune system and causes muscle weakness that varies from day to day, or even from moment to moment.
The problem is that those who suffer from it do not even suspect that they are affected. Also, this neuromuscular disease is very difficult to detect. Sufferers usually think they are overworked or simply not getting enough sleep.