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Autonomic dysfunction

Autonomic dysfunction: Introduction

Autonomic dysfunction: disease or malfunction of the autonomic nervous system. See detailed information below for a list of 23 causes of Autonomic dysfunction, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Autonomic dysfunction

Home medical tests possibly related to Autonomic dysfunction:

• Nerve Neuropathy: Related Home Testing:
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Autonomic dysfunction: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Autonomic dysfunction, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Autonomic dysfunction and Nerve symptoms (18 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Autonomic nerve symptoms (16 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Head symptoms (16 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Movement symptoms (16 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Muscle symptoms (15 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Brain symptoms (13 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Face symptoms (13 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Behavioral symptoms (13 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Musculoskeletal symptoms (12 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Cognitive impairment (12 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Mental problems (12 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Personality symptoms (12 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Limb symptoms (11 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Seizures (11 causes)
• Autonomic dysfunction and Skin symptoms (11 causes)
• more...»

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Autonomic dysfunction Treatments

Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Autonomic dysfunction may include:

• Elevation of the head of the bed
• Frequent small meals
• A high-salt diet
• Increased fluid intake
• Compression hose
• Benzodiazepines
• Fludrocortisones
• Mitodrine
• more treatments...»

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Autonomic dysfunction: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Autonomic dysfunction may include these symptoms:

• Nerve symptoms
• Autonomic nerve symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Movement symptoms
• Muscle symptoms
• Brain symptoms
• Face symptoms
• Behavioral symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Autonomic nerve symptoms (345 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Autonomic
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Autonomic dysfunction

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Autonomic dysfunction:

• Sympathetic nervous system
• Parasympathetic nervous system
• Dysautonomia (23 causes)
• Guillain barre syndrome (5 causes)
• Diabetes (212 causes)
• Alcoholism
• more symptoms...»

Misdiagnosis and Autonomic dysfunction

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Autonomic dysfunction: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

• Nerve Specialists:
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  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
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Autonomic dysfunction: Undiagnosed Conditions

Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
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Article Excerpts about Autonomic dysfunction

Dysautonomia refers to a disorder of autonomic nervous system (ANS) function. Most physicians view dysautonomia in terms of failure of the sympathetic or parasympathetic components of the ANS, but dysautonomia involving excessive ANS activities also can occur. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Dysautonomia Information Page: NINDS)

Detailed list of causes of Autonomic dysfunction

The list below shows some of the causes of Autonomic dysfunction mentioned in various sources:

• Achalasia -- addisonianism -- alacrima syndrome - autonomic dysfunction
• Achalasia -- Addisonianism -- Alacrimia syndrome - autonomic dysfunction
• Amyloid Neuropathies - autonomic dysfunction
• Autoimmune disorders
• Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness, mitochondrial form - autonomic dysfunction
• DIDMOAD Syndrome, Mitochondrial form - autonomic dysfunction
• Exposure to chemicals
• Fabry's Disease - autonomic dysfunction
• more causes...»

See full list of 23 causes of Autonomic dysfunction

How Common are these Causes of Autonomic dysfunction?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Autonomic dysfunction. Of the 23 causes of Autonomic dysfunction that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 23 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 23 causes of Autonomic dysfunction

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Autonomic dysfunction:

The following list of conditions have 'Autonomic dysfunction' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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A

• Achalasia -- addisonianism -- alacrima syndrome ... autonomic dysfunction
• Achalasia -- Addisonianism -- Alacrimia syndrome ... autonomic dysfunction
• Amyloid Neuropathies ... autonomic dysfunction

D

• Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness, mitochondrial form ... autonomic dysfunction
• DIDMOAD Syndrome, Mitochondrial form ... autonomic dysfunction

F

• Fabry's Disease ... autonomic dysfunction

G

• Genetic Parkinson disease ... dysautonomia
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... dysautonomia

N

• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... autonomic dysfunction
• Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV ... autonomic dysfunction
• Neurosyphilis ... autonomic dysfunction
• Neurosyphilis -- tabes dorsalis ... autonomic dysfunction

P

• Parkinson disease, familial, Type 1 ... dysautonomia
• Parkinson disease, genetic types ... dysautonomia
• Primary Parkinsonism ... dysautonomia

S

• Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis ... autonomic dysfunction

W

• Wolfram Syndrome, Mitochondrial form ... autonomic dysfunction

Conditions listing medical complications: Autonomic dysfunction:

The following list of medical conditions have Autonomic dysfunction or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

G

• Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Dysautonomia

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Classifications of Autonomic dysfunction:

Medical Conditions associated with Autonomic dysfunction:

Autonomic nerve symptoms (345 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)

Symptoms related to Autonomic dysfunction:

Sympathetic nervous system, Parasympathetic nervous system, Dysautonomia (23 causes), Guillain barre syndrome (5 causes), Diabetes (212 causes), Alcoholism

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Autonomic dysfunction

Medical research papers related to Autonomic dysfunction include:

• Prediction of mortality using measures of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in the diabetic and nondiabetic population: the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort Study
• ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non ST-Elevation myocardial infarction.
• Peri-operative management of the morbidly obese patient
• Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
• Guidelines on the irritable bowel syndrome : mechanisms and practical management
• Proto-oncogene
• Early development of autonomic dysfunction may predict poor prognosis in patients with multiple system atrophy.
• Postural hypotension

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