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Join Date: Oct 2008
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There are a couple of reasons for weight loss with MG.
The first and most obvious is the weakening of the jaw muscles and swallowing muscles make eating tiring - when you get tired eating you convince yourself you're full enough.
The other is that at least some of us who develop MG did so as a result of cancer - weightloss is frequently a symptom of cancer. If you have a thymoma this may be part of what is going on...
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