I have been diagnosed with MG for about a year now. I have been in the ICU on the vent 4 times since March of this year for shortness of breath. I am starting to think that the Doctors are missing something. My white cell count continues to go up everytime I get my blood tested but nothing gets said about it?
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. There are many causes for high WBC count and shortness of breath in Myasthenia patients. The most common cause for high WBC count is infection. It is quite common to get infection in MG, as immunosuppressive Chat Doctor. So better to get done chest x-ray to rule out chest infection as a cause. Another possibility is muscular weakness due to the disease itself. So if your MG is not properly controlled than respiratory muscles can have fatigue and cause shortness of breath. So I advise you to consult neurologist and discuss all these.