Treatement of dyspnea: the cause of troublesome diagnostic process of neurological illness

Czech version

Authors: MUDr. Michal Scheinost ¹; MUDr. Michaela Martincová ¹; MUDr. Zuzana Podhrázská ¹; MUDr. Andrej Mokeev ¹; MUDr. Martin Forgáč ²
Authors‘ workplace: Interní oddělení Nemocnice Neratovice, Almeda, a. s. ¹; Neurologické centrum Praha Vinoř, s. r. o. ²
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2020; 66(5): 74-75
Category: Case Report

Overview

This casuistic talks about the patient who was admitted to hospital for acute bronchitis. Treatment of respiratory illness led to exacerbation of latent myasthenia gravis (MG). Difficulties in diagnostics of MG were caused by atypical form of illness and also by treatment of bronchitis which modified classical symptoms.

Keywords:

dyspnea – myasthenia gravis – macrolide antibiotics – corticosteroids

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