Can myasthenia gravis be cured?

Myasthenia gravis is one of a few diseases. It is caused by the presence of antibodies in the body that prevent nerves throughout the body from functioning normally, leading to muscle atrophy. Myasthenia gravis can make the body easily fatigued, and the strength will gradually decrease, leading to loss of ability to work, etc. It is very serious and may also cause some complications.

Myasthenia gravis can be improved and treated medically through surgery, but it cannot be completely cured. In addition, drugs can be used to suppress the severity of the disease.

Myasthenia gravis diet

The dietary structure of myasthenia gravis can be coordinated, for example, dietary conditioning can be graded at different stages of the disease. For patients without fever symptoms, normal chewing ability, and normal digestive function, ordinary rice can be used to determine the standard daily calories and balanced diet ratio. For patients with severe illness, affecting digestive function and chewing ability, myasthenia gravis level 0-2 or after major surgery (such as thymectomy) or anorexia, soft rice, semi-liquid, liquid and tube feeding liquid diets can be given respectively. For myasthenia gravis and muscular atrophy caused by spleen and kidney deficiency with pale complexion, drooling, cold limbs, sore waist and weakness, some black sesame red sugar porridge, cinnamon chicken liver porridge, ox bone marrow, etc. can be taken. For dizziness, tinnitus, dry throat, hypochondrium, sore waist and knees, five heart upset, red cheeks and night sweats, red tongue with less coating, less urine, and weakness and muscular atrophy, wolfberry water, Eucommia pig waist, black dates, etc. can be used to strengthen the body.

For shortness of breath, lazy speech, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, insomnia, pale or atrophied complexion, pale lips and tongue, numbness of limbs and weakness of qi and blood deficiency type, muscle atrophy, you can use Guiqi mutton soup, malt sugar lamb bee milk, etc. For spleen and stomach deficiency, limb weakness, muscle atrophy, or muscle twitching, drooping eyelids, shortness of breath, lazy speech, weak speech, weak chewing, loose mouth, less food, loose stools, pale complexion or yellow mouth, pale tongue, and teeth marks on the tongue. It can be seen in the ocular muscle type of myasthenia gravis and some symptoms of motor neuron disease. You can take silverfish soup, sand lotus root powder, lotus seed glutinous rice soup, etc. for a long time. Whether in the treatment period or the recovery period, it can be combined with dietary conditioning to achieve the best treatment purpose.

Psychological care for myasthenia gravis

Maintaining a happy mood, eliminating negative mental damage such as pessimism, fear, depression, impatience, and building confidence in victory, strong will and optimistic mood are essential to improving efficacy and promoting recovery. The following methods can be used for psychological care of myasthenia gravis.

(1) The method of controlling emotions with emotions: It refers to the method that doctors use words, actions, and things as means to arouse certain emotional changes in patients in order to control their morbid emotions and promote physical and mental recovery. For example, for patients with impotence who are depressed, the method of laughing and regulating is quite suitable. You can tell stories, jokes, listen to crosstalk, watch comedy performances, etc. to make the patients laugh and feel happy. You can even use the method of rushing to happiness to hold a happy event to bring joy to the patients. Or you can talk to the patients, use care and consideration or use a lot of examples to enlighten the patients, let them see the light of hope, turn worries into joy, and muster up the courage to live, so as to promote early improvement of symptoms and physical recovery.

(2) Entertainment and mind-refreshing method: It refers to a method in which doctors guide patients or patients use traditional entertainment methods on their own to achieve a relaxed mood, move joints, relax muscles and activate blood circulation, and nourish both the body and the mind. Various games, dances, chess, fishing, calligraphy and painting, toys, and music are all entertainment and mind-refreshing methods. Patients can choose corresponding entertainment items according to their different symptoms and moods, as well as their own interests and hobbies. Children have a novelty-oriented psychological characteristic, so it is appropriate to choose novel toys and cooperate with intellectual game activities, such as building blocks, driving amusement cars, riding wooden horses, catching chickens, etc.

(3) Environmental refreshing method: It refers to the method of choosing a place with beautiful environment and pleasant scenery to cultivate temperament, refresh the mind and promote recovery. The specific environment can be a quiet forest, clear spring water, magnificent mountain, abundant sunshine, fresh air, pleasant fragrant flowers, or natural caves, artificial grottoes, etc. The room should be ventilated and light-permeable, quiet and spacious, and the color layout should be determined according to the mood and symptoms, and refreshing and pleasing to the heart and eyes is preferred.