At first, it may seem like your diagnosis only changes the big things - you now have to manage a chronic illness, adjust your treatment as needed, learn to recognise symptoms, be prepared for a myasthenic crisis, etc. Fatigue makes everyday life harder and you may feel frustrated, ashamed or vulnerable for needing assistance with simple tasks that took no…
Being the loved one of someone who recently got diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis is never easy but it can be even harder if you also happen to be their caregiver. If your spouse, child or parent got diagnosed with MG after some time of uncertainty, symptoms with no explanation, or at the opposite end of the spectrum - all of…
October is dedicated to raising awareness about breast cancer and there are many more things healthcare professionals, health blogs and journals and even patients can do to participate in addition to wearing a pink ribbon. If you follow our blog you know that we at FindMeCure take updating our readership on treatments in development very seriously. Drugs and therapies under…
We can’t not celebrate Health Literacy Awareness Month! It has always been one of FindMeCure’s missions to raise awareness about healthcare innovation and give patients the means to make informed decisions about their treatment in a comprehensible and down-to-earth way. We believe that knowledge is power and we would like to see empowered patient communities full of people taking their…
Fatigue is a common symptom of many of the diseases and conditions we talk about here on the FindMeCure blog. From arthritis and IBD to myasthenia gravis, a feeling of muscle weakness and lack of energy is characteristic of an underlying problem that needs to be properly addressed. When we talk about fatigue as a symptom, however, we need to…
We’ve come a long way as a society since women were treated for hysteria and since labour was the most dangerous thing for a woman because doctors didn’t have the necessary understanding of the female reproductive system. Even in our day and age, however, bikini medicine is costing women their lives and even when we do recognise a danger for…
