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[Dysphagia] Myasthenia Gravis
Hi Lucy
A couple of questions.....
Is the patient's MG being treated with any medication/s?
How's their respiratory function?
I've attached the URLs to a couple of articles that you may find useful.
http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic263.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16107373&ordinalpos=19&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=11956840&ordinalpos=44&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Cheers
Claire
Claire Langdon
Senior Speech Pathologist
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Hospital Avenue Nedlands
West Australia
Phone: 61-8-9346-2044
email: Claire.Langdon at health.wa.gov.au
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[mailto:dysphagia-bounces at dysphagia.com]On Behalf Of Lucy Reed
Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 11:29
To: dysphagia at dysphagia.com
Subject: [Dysphagia] Myasthenia Gravis
Does anyone have experience treating dysphagia in patients with Myasthenia
Gravis? Is there any research published on treatment outcomes? I did a
search and was unable to find any.
I have my first patient with the disease. She's on a soft diet, since
excessive chewing fatigues her muscles. She sometimes experiences her
swallow function "freezing up", especially in the middle of the night. When
this happens she has trouble swallowing her saliva. Does anyone have any
insight into this?
Lucy Reed
Lucy Reed, MA, CCC-SLP
Certified VitalStim Provider
Certified Wilson Reading Program Instructor
<mailto:lucyreed at iname.com> lucyreed at iname.com
<mailto:reedlu at winslow-schools.com> reedlu at winslow-schools.com
<mailto:reedlu at winslow-schools.com>
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