Helen Taylor Tells Her Story Of Battle With Myasthenia Gravis On Rare Disease Day

Left: Helen Taylor before she fell ill. Right: During hospital treatment

A woman in Ipswich Suffolk, England had her life turned upside by a disabling and little-understood illness. She shared her story to mark Rare Disease Day.

At the end of 2016, Helen Taylor was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG), a condition that is thought to affect just 11,000 people in the UK and causes muscle weakness.

When the disease struck, Ms Taylor, now 47, was juggling an extremely