Garden State Chapter Permission Granted to the Arizona Chapter to provide this Article. Whether or not you have the ocular or systemic type of myasthenia, the eyes are the one area that is most commonly complained about. Since we all must use our eyes to varying degrees, whether to drive, read, or just watch TV, we all need our eyes to work at their best. Nine out of ten myasthenics experience some sort of ocular involvement with their disease. The high rate of involvement leads many patients to their eye doctors looking for some sort of relief when the problems are at their worst.
Ocular complaints can vary as much as the disease itself.
We all know that symptoms can vary According to stress, environmental factors, and physical condition. Some of the more common cornp1aints are discussed here. One of the most common complaints is double vision. This area can be as much trouble for the doctor as it is to the patient. Normal methods used to correct double vision cannot be applied to the myasthenic because of the variability of the disease.