Autonomic dysfunction

dysautonomia

rare disease, neurological disorder

Subclass of	autonomic nervous system disease
Has effect	medically unexplained physical symptom
Health specialty	neurology

Dysautonomia, autonomic failure, anaa autonomic dysfunction be a condition insyd wich de autonomic nervous system (ANS) no dey work properly. Dis condition fi affect de functioning of de heart, bladder, intestines, sweat glands, pupils, den blood vessels. Dysautonomia get chaw causes, no be all of wich fi be classified as neuropathic. A number of conditions fi feature dysautonomia, such as Parkinson's disease, Long COVID, multiple system atrophy, dementia with Lewy bodies, Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy den autonomic neuropathy, HIV/AIDS, mitochondrial cytopathy, pure autonomic failure, autism, den postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

Diagnosis be made by functional testing of de ANS, wey dey focus on de affected organ system. Investigations fi be performed to identify underlying disease processes wey fi lead to de development of symptoms anaa autonomic neuropathy. Symptomatic treatment be available give chaw symptoms dem associate plus dysautonomia, den sam disease processes fi be directly treated. Depending on de severity of de dysfunction, dysautonomia fi range from being nearly symptomless den transient to disabling den/anaa life-threatening.