Clinical Manifestations

Myasthenia Gravis is characterized by fluctuating weakness in skeletal muscle, which are

muscles under our control or the vouluntary muscles and this weakness will increase when it is
active. The failure of muscles to contract normally occurs because hindi po sila
nakakapagrespond sa nerve impulses. Without proper transmission of the impulse, the
communication between nerve and muscle is blocked and weakness results and having
clinical manifestations involving

Diplopia and
Ptosis
(Drooping of
the eyelids)

Without Weakness of the muscles

Myasthenia Gravis of the face and throat
(bulbar symptoms)

 The ocular muscles the muscles that move the eyes and eyelids caused having the symptoms of
- Diplopia (double vision) and ptosis (drooping of the eyelids) are common (Bader et al., 2016)
 Myasthenia Gravis din po can spread in the muscles of face and throat having a
- Weakness of the facial muscles lak po yung strong features kaya kung mapapansin po nti
bagsak po yung mukha or bland ang expression ng mga may myasthenia gravis’
- Bulbar symptoms or bulbar weakness and Laryngeal involvement produces Dysphonia (voice
impairment) and dysphagia, which increases the risk of choking and aspiration because yung
nerve po originates from the bulblike part of brains is affected pwede poi tong magcause nga
dysphonia and dysphagiaand also tends to give din po na nahihirapang or slurred magsalita ang
person with myasthenia gravis
 In some rare cases po of myasthenia gravis … Generalized weakness affects all extremities, a variable
combination of the arm legs and also the respiratory muscles, resulting in decreasing vital capacity
and respiratory failure it is beacuse nagspread nap o yung weaknes from extremities to muscles in
the chest that control breathing
 The severity of these clinical manifestations typically progress and
increases over time if napabayaan po or hindi po agad naagapan

Myasthenia gravis is purely a motor disorder with no effect on sensation or coordination.