All::Neurology::Diseases::Autonomic neuropathy
Intro
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
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