To the question of myasthenia gravis

Patient V.A., 15 years old, school student. From the side of heredity: a) female line: in the mother's family - tuberculosis, c) male line: the father and his mother - petit mal, uncle - mentally ill, two aunts committed suicide, brother - mentally ill, with weak ¬mi light. A. did not have any special diseases in childhood. In December 1919, scarlet fever. In May 1920 — cold, weakness, cough for some time. After recovery, general weakness remained, which gradually intensified and seized in December 1920 all the muscles of the body. The patient stopped walking, sitting. poor control of hands, developed some ptosis, difficulty chewing and swallowing, obstipatio chronica, severe headaches with dizziness and nausea, tinnitus, weight loss. There were no painful phenomena (except for headache). Since January 1921, some weakening of symptoms appeared: the patient began to control his hands, swallow, chew, the bowel movements became self-reliant, only rapid muscle fatigue remained. In the last two months, there has been a renewed weakness.