All::Neurology::Diseases::Autonomic neuropathy

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What are the main clinical features of Autonomic neuropathy?

  • impotence, inability to sweat
  • postural hypotension
  • loss of decrease in heart rate following deep breathing
  • pupils: dilates following adrenaline instillation

Autonomic neuropathy

What are the main causes of Autonomic neuropathy?

  • diabetes
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • multisystem atrophy (MSA), Shy-Drager syndrome
  • Parkinson's
  • infections: HIV, Chagas' disease, neurosyphilis
  • drugs: antihypertensives, tricyclics
  • craniopharyngioma

Autonomic neuropathy