Are you always tired? Do you feel weak, exhausted? It can be Myasthenia gravis. Make a home test.
Myasthenia gravis is long-term, acquired disease. It most commonly affects women under 20-35 and people from 60 to 75 years old of either sex. Its characteristic features are weakness and fatigability. Due to modern technology, you can test on your own, are you in the threatened group.
Myasthenia gravis is a disease which leads to a defect in the transmission of nerve impulses from nerve endings to the muscles.
report positive bulbar signs - tiredness of bulbar muscles lead to stinging
report non-specific symptoms - like muscles fatigue, person can be exhausted due to extreme muscles fatigue
report symptoms from respiratory muscles - weak respiratory muscles lead to dyspnoea
You need only a few steps to complete the test.
Start by siting with your back straight
Extend your left upper limb to your side along the body axis.
Put your smartphone on your palm facing upwards.
The measurement starts after few seconds, and is signaled with a sound.
The test lasts 30 seconds and it’s end is signaled with a sound.
Try to keep still for as long as you can, don’t talk.
The study comprised 15 myasthenia patients and 15 healthy individuals (the control group). Based on data collected from an accelerometer a statistical analysis was conducted. The field of the ROC curve for the test, with the division of the sample into groups of healthy and diseased individuals, was 0.844, which can be considered accurate.
OMG it works
By accident, I had contact with the application. During a meeting with friends, a friend told me about his mother's illness and application. We've all done a test for fun. My result was incorrect. The next day I quickly went to the doctor and I find out that I had hypothyroidism
The family doctor said that he suspected myasthenia gravis and referred to a neurologist. Terrified, I could not sleep, waiting for a visit to a specialist. Thanks to my cousin who told me about the existence of such an application, I calmed down. I do not have myasthenia, which was confirmed by a neurologist.
I went to many doctors for several years. I did a lot of a laboratory tests, none of them indicated what I could be sick with. Thanks to the application, I found out what is wrong with me.
I suffered from unnatural fatigue. Most often after gym exercises. My doctor told me it was normal. Thanks to the application, I managed to find the cause of my problems.
Download Myasthenia gravis APP and make a home test.
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