Myasthenia Gravis Journal: Weakness, Pain and Symptom Tracker, Guided Record Book for daily assessment diary, Mood, Sleep, Activity, Medication and Food Logbook, Chronic Autoimmune Disease Management

Product Description

Price: $8.95
(as of Feb 18,2024 09:53:13 UTC – Details)

This record is structured to monitor symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis such as breathlessness, facial muscles, vision, muscle weakness and more. The book provides an easy, supportive and structured way to consistently record your symptoms, discomfort, triggers, medications, activities and meals and to assess specific health criteria on a daily basis.

Having a consistent record of changes provides you and your physician with evidence of patterns that may trigger new treatment options, considerations or behaviors.

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Track:Triggers – select from pre-listed options.Symptoms – options include difficulty chewing, difficulty swallowing, choking, impaired speech, voice change, drooping eyelids, blurred vision, breathlessness, muscle weakness, headache, muscle/joint aches, and more.Pain/Discomfort – select from pre-listed options for consistent descriptors.Location – image allows you to mark on both front and back. Large images for more specific location of facial symptoms. Rate overall pain/discomfort on a scale of 1-10 to establish trends.What Helped? – space for brief note.Medications – Conveniently check box to indicate taking usual daily medications and/or usual daily supplements. Additional medications can be listed along with dose, time and whether it helped.Daily Assessments – circle the applicable arrow to mark as ‘Increased, Same, Decreased’ for an assessment of Pain, Stress, Energy, Activity, General Fatigue, General Mood, Mental Clarity, Sleep Quality.Blood Pressure, Heartrate, Oxygen(O2)Sleep – track sleep hours at night and during dayOther Assessment – circle the applicable arrow to mark as ‘Improved, Same, Worse’ for an assessment of Vision Issues, Breathlessness, Swallowing, Muscle FatigueIssue Tracker– Allows you to list symptom severity, suspected trigger and when it occurred. Severity of symptoms can change during the day and this gives you the option to document those changes or the fact that a symptom may be time-sensitive.Activities – select from prelisted options that include walking, hobbies, self-care, socializing, house/yard work, employment, commute, childcare.Notes – for reminders, insights, further informationMeals and snacks – check box to indicate if meal contained salt, red meat, dairy, gluten, sugar, fats.-
Along with this daily record there are pages at the beginning of the journal where you can:Personal Information – enter information including emergency contact, allergies, medical alerts and health conditions.Healthcare Team- list primary care physician, specialist, pharmacy with addresses and contact info. Space is allocated to record insurance details.Medical appointments with whom, reason/outcome and dateDaily medications/supplements, in what amount, for what reason and when the next refill is due.Changes to medication/supplements along with dose, effective date and reason for change.Tests, date performed, and resultsTo Avoid Log- for foods, drink, medications, activitiesBlood Pressure Log (includes heartrate and O2)Suggested ExercisesExercise Log
Complete as much or as little as makes sense for you.

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6 X 9 inches, flexible, conveniently sized and easily transportable to appointments.
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From the Publisher

Triggers, Symptoms, Image

Triggers – select from prelisted options.

Symptoms – check one of the pre-listed symptoms. Note that the symptoms focus on weakness, facial muscle issues, speech, chewing and breathing, vision, sleep disruption and more.

Pain location – mark on the image (both front and back are available)

Description – select from pre-listed options

What Helped, Medications

What Helped? – for note

Medications – check box to indicate ‘Usual Daily Medications’ and/or ‘Usual Daily Supplements’.

List additional medications with reason, time, dose and whether it helped.

Daily Assessments

Daily Assessments – Circle applicable arrow to indicate ‘Increased, Same, Decreased’ for Pain, Stress, General Fatigue, Energy, Activity, Mental Clarity, General Mood, Sleep Quality

Enter – Blood Pressure, Heartrate, Oxygen level and Blood Sugar

Sleep hours – both night and day

Specific Symptom – Circle applicable arrow to indicate ‘Improved, Same, Worse’ for Vision Issues, Breathlessness, Swallowing, Muscle Fatigue

Issues, Activities, Meals & Snacks

Issue Tracker – when weakness, pain or discomfort comes sporadically during the day you can enter the symptom here along with when it happened/how long it happened, and rate the severity by circling a number.

Activities – select from prelisted options (exercise, self-care, socializing, hobbies, employment, house/yard work, childcare, commute) and enter time.

Notes – insights, comments, questions, additional activities

Meals & Snacks – list and check applicable box to indicate if meal contained salt, meat, dairy, gluten, sugar, fats

Example of Daily Assessments and Issues

Daily Assessments – note that stress is increased while energy, mental clarity and sleep quality are decreased. There is no change for pain, activity, general fatigue and general mood.

Other assessments – note that breathlessness and swallowing are marked as worse, while vision issues and muscle fatigue remain the same.

Issue Tracker – note breathing crisis for 30 minutes with a severity of 5. Also choked on an apple at 2 pm – severity of 3.

Example of Activities, Meals & Snacks

Personal Information & Healthcare Team

Introductory page has space for personal info including emergency contact, allergies, medical alerts and health conditions.

Enter name, address, phone # for physician, specialists, pharmacy as well as insurance information.

Medications and Changes

Page for current medications / supplements along with reason and refill due date.

Page for CHANGES to medications and supplements with reason for the change, new dose, and date effective.

Upcoming Appointments and Tests/Results

Upcoming medical appointments – with whom? for what reason, and date

Tests, date performed, and the results.

Blood Pressure Log

Full Page

Full Page

Size
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BF2XK3GB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (September 12, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 130 pages
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.33 x 9 inches