How Snowflakes are formed Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune neurological disease. (1) What a mouthful! It has a world prevalence of between 25 and 142 per million (2) indicating that those affected, especially in South Africa, are few and far apart. MG is often called the snowflake disease due to the fluctuating symptoms experienced from one person to another. Each snowflake has a similar primary ice crystal base, but the internal order of the primary crystal, and exposure to different atmospheric conditions during the formation of its crystal arms results in its unique appearance. (3) S imilarly, MG is normally identified by muscle fatigue and weakness; this would be the primary crystal (1) . Each individual's genetic make-up, the internal order of the crystal, and their unique environmental and lifestyle stressors, the atmospheric conditions, results in each MG warrior's unique set of symptoms. After what seemed like a
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