description of dysautonomia

please describe symptoms of dysautonomia

[Heiferly]

I'm sorry.  This is a tough question to answer because there are a large number of different forms of dysautonomia and they can have different symptoms, and because the symptoms of dysautonomia (more generally speaking) are vague and tend to overlap greatly with many other conditions such that listing them doesn't give much of a picture of it as a unique condition.  This is because the autonomic nervous system innervates every part of the body, so autonomic dysfunction can take MANY forms and be similar to many other conditions as well.  It may also be secondary to another disease.

At any rate, *generally speaking*, patients with dysautonomia may have nausea, lightheadedness, high or low blood pressure (or both—at different times), bradycardia or tachycardia or both, excessive or insufficient sweating, problems with body temperature control (hypo or hyperthermia), vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, gastroparesis, exercise intolerance, heat intolerance, syncope (fainting), pre-syncope, orthostatic intolerance (inability to be upright without symptoms developing), tremulousness, palpitations, "coathanger" pain (pain in the neck, upper back, shoulders region), headaches and/or migraines, vision changes especially when upright, abnormalities in pupillary response, and/or other symptoms.

Please let us know if you have more specific questions.