联合早报 © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permissionMs Mui Shieh Fui was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 2009 when she experienced double vision and muscle weakness. Dr Kay Ng Wei Ping, Senior Consultant, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, said this is a rare disease which affects 12.4 people per 100,000 population.
A/Prof John Tam, Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore, said surgery offers the possibility of improving myasthenia gravis in two out of three patients. In one out of three patients, he or she may not require medication anymore, and another one out of three patients can reduce the dosage of medications used, he added.
Dr Ng adjusted Ms Mui’s medications when the latter was trying to conceive. When Ms Mui became pregnant in 2020, she was closely followed up through weekly appointments with A/Prof Chan Shiao-Yng, Senior Consultant, Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital. A/Prof Chan said about 10 per cent to 15 per cent of babies from mothers with myasthenia gravis may show signs of muscle weakness but this is entirely treatable. Ms Mui gave birth to a healthy boy, who is now three.
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