Myasthenia Gravis
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Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis — Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care▶ 1:07Your mission, and ours, is to master Chapter 18 of Lane's Pharmacology for Nursing CareWe're doing a deep dive into cholinesterase inhibitors and their primary use in treating myasthenia gravisAnd the reason the biology here is so incredibly fascinating is that these drugs don't mimic the body's messengers at allSkeletal Muscle & Peripheral Nerve Pathology Overview — USMLE Step 1 Lecture Notes 2017: Pathology▶ 12:32When enough HE binds, it opens up ligand gated channels, sodium rushes in and the muscle contractsSimple enough, but in myasthenia gravis, this system failsMyasthenia gravis is an autoimmune diseaseInfectious and Inflammatory Neurological Disorders — Primary Care: The Art and Science of Advanced Practice Nursing – an Interprofessional Approach▶ 20:42They require intensive care monitoring, frequent vital capacity checks, and treatment with ib immunoglobulin or plasmapheresis to filter out those rogue antibodiesOkay, so if GBS is an attack on the nerve wires themselves, our next disorder, myasthenia gravis, is an attack on the…Right, the faulty junction