Why Do Myesthenia Gravis Patients Live Five Years Longer than the General Population?

Myesthenia gravis is a rare autoimmune condition in which a specific receptor needed for nerve impulses to pass through the neuromuscular junction to active muscle fibers is blocked or destroyed by immune activity. This leads to muscle weakness that varies over time, and can progress to be life-threatening in a minority of cases. The prognosis is good for the majority of patients, however. While…