Can Miastenia Gravis be mis-diagnosed??

Question

A friend's mother was diagnosed with Miastenia Gravis and she took medicine for it for 2 years. I had the understanding that this was progressive and incurable. Now, suddenly, she doesn't have it anymore and she looks and acts fine. Can this be??

Answer 1

There is Myasthenia Gravis Foundation that has info on the disease. Apparently the disease sometimes goes into remission and it also disappears spontaneously about 1/3 of the time.