Is myasthenia gravis prone to colds?

Written by Liu Hong Mei
Neurology
Updated on June 06, 2025
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Patients with myasthenia gravis are prone to catching colds because myasthenia gravis is an immune system disease, and patients with this condition generally have lower immunity, making them more susceptible to a decrease in resistance and cold symptoms. If a person with myasthenia gravis catches a cold, it is important to keep warm, drink plenty of water, and monitor body temperature to avoid high fever. It is also important to give antiviral and antipyretic medications for treatment. Regularly eating fresh vegetables and fruits, and taking a significant amount of vitamins can help boost the immune system. Nutritional balance is important, as is ensuring adequate sleep, eliminating anxiety and depression, avoiding excessive emotional fluctuations, and consuming high-protein, high-nutrient, and high-vitamin foods.

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What is good to eat for myasthenia gravis?

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease of the nervous system that primarily affects the neuromuscular junction, leading to muscle weakness and post-exertional fatigue. Some patients may also experience clinical symptoms such as ptosis and diplopia. The main treatments include corticosteroids and immunosuppressants. Patients with myasthenia gravis should pay attention to their diet: First, consume plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, which are rich in vitamins that can provide sufficient immunity to prevent certain complications. Second, eat foods high in B vitamins, such as animal liver, lean meat, and whole grains, which are beneficial for patients. Third, patients should also consume high-quality proteins, which provide ample nutrition and increase resistance, including items such as milk, beef, and fish.

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Can people with myasthenia gravis soak their feet?

Soaking in hot water can promote blood circulation, dilate blood vessels, improve local blood circulation in the lower limbs, promote metabolism, prevent thrombosis, and prevent muscle atrophy. In the early stages of myasthenia gravis, patients often experience limb discomfort, numbness, pain, blurred vision, and fatigue. In work and daily life, it is common to experience tiredness, memory loss, slow responses, and reluctance to be active. Soaking the feet can promote blood circulation and can improve local blood flow, which has a certain beneficial effect on myasthenia gravis. As the disease progresses, there is obvious fatigue and weakness in the skeletal muscles, especially after fatigue in the afternoon and evening, which is reduced in the morning or after rest.

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What medicine should be taken for myasthenia gravis?

Myasthenia gravis is a type of neurological immunological disease in neurology, mainly caused by a disorder of the body's own immune function. Patients in the body will produce antibodies against acetylcholine receptors, thus affecting the transmission of nerve impulses at the neuromuscular junction. For this disease, the following medications are generally prescribed: The first type of medication is a cholinesterase inhibitor, which can increase the amount of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, thereby effectively improving clinical symptoms. The second type of medication is corticosteroids, because this disease is caused by an abnormal inflammatory response. Therefore, taking corticosteroids can suppress the inflammatory response. Treatment generally starts with a small dose and gradually increases, maintaining for a period before gradually tapering off. It may also be necessary to take other immunosuppressants. (Please take the medication under the guidance of a doctor)

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Early symptoms of myasthenia gravis

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease of the nervous system that primarily affects the acetylcholine receptors on the postsynaptic membrane, causing muscle fatigue in patients. This can lead to general weakness throughout the body, double vision, and even progressive paralysis of the respiratory muscles, requiring active breathing assistance in severe cases. The early symptoms of myasthenia gravis mainly include: First, patients tend to fatigue easily, such as after exercise or labor, with a rapid decline in physical strength that only recovers after resting. Second, there may be ptosis, with patients unable to comfortably open their eyes, although this symptom can improve after resting or sleeping. As myasthenia gravis progresses into its later stages, there is a marked increase in overall weakness, necessitating treatment in a neurology department.

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What should people with myasthenia gravis pay attention to in their daily lives?

Patients with myasthenia gravis should be careful to continue taking their medications after being discharged from the hospital and must not change the dosage or administration of their medication on their own. It is important to avoid overexertion and emotional stimuli in daily life. One should ensure to get enough rest, maintain adequate sleep, and consume fresh vegetables and fruits. Avoid spicy, stimulating, and excitatory foods. Do not be overly sad or experience excessive emotional fluctuations. Pay attention to the risk of catching a cold and upper respiratory infections. Take precautions against exposure to cold and prevent infections. Balance work and rest, maintain regular life patterns, keep in good spirits, ensure adequate sleep, and avoid excessive emotional disturbances and stimuli.