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Question Title: Autonomic neuropathy...please explainForum: Neurology Forum
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Hi Doctor, Could you please give me a little info on Autonomic Neuropathy? What exactly is this, what is the casue, symptoms, treatments, and prognosis. Also can this be the cause of a neurogenic bladder? Thank You
= The autonomic nervous system is the branch of the nervous system which takes care of the AUTOMATIC activities of the body, ie the one which are fully of partly outside our voluntary control but are still controlled by nerves. These include digestion of food, bladder and sexual function,blood perssure control (especially responses to changes in posture), sweating, eye focussing. An outonomic neuropathy is a dysfunction of these nerves which can be caused by a wide range of problems diabetes being one of the most common. The prognosis is dependent on identifying and treating the underlying cause, if this is possible the opoutcome is good, otherwise steps ned to be taken to compensate for problems in the specific areas affected, for example support stockings to maintain blood pressure if this is the specific problem.
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