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07-08-2011, 08:36 PM | #1 | ||
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This topic has been annoying me for years. Why do some MG patients, who obviously have MG, have negative SFEMG's? Is it as simple as too much fat?
http://www.smpp.northwestern.edu/~sm...2005POIntl.pdf Quote:
We all know about hydration, warmth of muscles, Mestinon and other drugs and things like technician experience, etc. effecting a SFEMG. But fat? Women inherently have more fat than men. It's for a reason! But what if that does indeed interfere with the SFEMG results? I am just putting this out there in a continued effort to understand why the medical community keeps saying that the SFEMG is the "gold standard" for diagnosing MG (instead of a clinical exam and common sense and antibodies and Tensilon tests and . . . ). Any thoughts on this? Last year I did find a bunch of information that says that men's muscles fatigue more quickly than women's do. It seems that this issue is a lot more complex than what neuros say about it. Thanks for any input or sharing your own experiences. If we're the "weaker" sex, it sure seems a lot harder to prove it. Annie Last edited by AnnieB3; 07-09-2011 at 12:10 AM. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | rach73 (07-10-2011) |
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