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01-25-2013, 09:23 PM | #31 | ||
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Couple of quick updates. First, my special diet (eat every three hours, small meals, no heavy carbs or salt) isn't heading off the attacks of weakness. Second, my aunt who suddenly came down with balance trouble and double vision has half a diagnosis from a neuro-ophthalmologist: Graves ophthalmology.
Graves disease runs rampant in that side of my family. Evidently Graves disease can cause double vision even in a patient whose thyroid isn't running hyper. The mechanism is that the tissue behind the eyes is just a really good fit for Graves antibodies, so they tend to collect there, and that causes double vision. The neuro-opth didn't see any signs of a myasthenic syndrome. Her balance troubles are resolved and still unexplained. So...well, so I still don't know what's going on. I see the Boston neuro on Tuesday. Abby |
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01-25-2013, 09:41 PM | #32 | ||
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DV can cause disorientation/balance issues, especially at first. Glad your Gram found some answers and hope you do, too!
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01-26-2013, 01:16 PM | #33 | |||
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Abby, I'm sorry the diet didn't help. Thanks for telling us so we won't all go out and try it.
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01-26-2013, 01:33 PM | #34 | ||
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"Thanks for this!" says: | southblues (01-26-2013) |
01-26-2013, 04:59 PM | #35 | ||
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In the past couple of weeks, I've been worse, which has been helpful: it's very clear to me now that I have fatigable weakness, and not just spells of weakness. I think when I'm generally strong, I just don't notice it so much.
So for example, today I can put two or three logs into the wood stove, but by the fourth, my arms are really tired. I am not ruling out HKPP--I will talk to the doctor about it--but I feel more like my symptoms fit well with MG than I used to. Abby |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | pingpongman (01-26-2013) |
01-26-2013, 05:31 PM | #36 | |||
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Abby I think you are right. You have to give this crap a lot of thought.
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