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From Acute to Chronic - Autonomic Disorders are associated with a wide spectrum of diseases

Almost any disease in which nerves become acutely or chronically ill can pass to the autonomic nervous system. Since it regulates all vital functions, it is involved in the most common chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, rheumatism or cancer. Correspondingly long is the list of possible causes of a disease of the autonomic nervous system: vitamin deficiency, inflammation, infection, alcohol consumption or drug side effects. Acute diseases such as stroke, myocardial infarction or brain or spinal cord injury may also interfere with the regulation of vital functions of the autonomic nervous system, such as circulation, respiration, digestion, urination and sleep. Diseases of the autonomic nervous system - which can be diagnosed and treated by only a few neurologists - can present many faces: fainting, dizziness, blood pressure fluctuations, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, irritable bowel problems, incontinence, excessive sweating, itching, redness but also sensations of discomfort and pain.

Diseases of the autonomic nervous system have many faces

Many of these symptoms are associated with neuropathy in the legs or arms (polyneuropathies) but also in association with central nervous system (CNS) disorders such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease or dementia. Accidents involving craniocerebral trauma, as well as traumatic cross-sectional syndromes of the spinal cord, can temporarily or permanently damage the autonomic nervous system or the regulation of autonomic nerves.

Shorten the path to diagnosis with ANS Clinic

If, for example, disorders of the circulatory system, sleep, digestion, urinary bladder and abnormal sensations are involved, the description of the symptoms can be very complex and expensive for those affected. Not infrequently, only individual complaints are considered, so that the actual cause, namely a disease of the autonomic nervous system is recognized late or not at all. The way to diagnose these disorders can be particularly frustrating and lengthy because routine examinations of the blood, heart, stomach, intestines, and bladder typically produce normal results. Experience has shown that the neurovegetative anamnesis, investigations of cardiovascular and cardiovascular regulation, gastroenterological functional diagnostics and urodynamic investigations help in the classification of symptoms and diagnosis of the disease. Thanks to standardized autonomic function diagnostics in the ANS Clinic as well as cardiological, neurourological and neuro-gastroenterological colleagues, circulatory reflexes, gastrointestinal activity, urinary bladder emptying dynamics as well as sweat gland function can be assessed.

Tingling, prickling, burning - may be due to a small fiber neuropathy

Disorders and pain in the context of diseases of slow-conducting, small-caliber, non-myelinated nerve fibers (small fibers) are often a mystery to diagnostics. Standardized Quantitative Sensitivity Assays provide appropriate diagnostics for patients with small fiber neuropathies at the ANS Clinic. This allows the targeted examination of neuropathies of pain-conducting nerve fibers. Small fiber neuropathies can occasionally be very similar to the clinical picture of fibromyalgia. Occasionally, small fiber neuropathies also express leg restlessness (restless leg symptoms). The exact differentiation of the diseases helps us to treat those affected more successfully and to provide better prognosis. to have the diagnosis of neuropathy examined as the cause of the pain.

Diseases of the autonomic nervous system: not rare - but rarely diagnosed

At ANS Clinic, it is not only important to us to provide you with a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. It is equally important for us to train your eyes for the body and to give you helpful recommendations for lifestyle in everyday life. Diseases of the autonomic nervous system occur by no means seldom. Because they have received little attention diagnostically so far, we do not know how many people are affected by it. But the number of chronically ill patients with vegetative dysfunction in Germany estimate experts as at least seven-digit.