New Article Links Autonomic Dysfunction With Multiple Conditions

[Chaos]

Finally some researchers seem to be catching on to what a lot of dysautonomia patients have known (or at least suspected) for a long time.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24662556

Evidence seems to show that sympathetic nervous system dysfunction appears to be common in ME/CFS, Fibro, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Interstitial Cystitis.

Nice that it's showing up in mainstream medical journals too.

[Mermaid]

Thanks Chaos, very interesting. Wouldn't it be lovely to 'regain autonomic balance'?

[spinner]

I'd love to see them make a correlation to leaky gut syndrome (intestinal permeability) and hormonal issues (thyroid, adrenal) as well.

[xRobin]

It seems like CFS, IBS, IC, Fibro are often referred to as functional or medically unexplained (and often brushed off as stress or psychological). I recall reading that other ailments are similar back in the day before they had diagnostics - MS was hysterical paralysis and childhood asthma was explained as a 'cry for mother's attention' and treated with psychotherapy.

It's heartening that medical science is catching up to finding a cause and, let's hope, diagnostic toolkits for clinicians for many of these common chronic diseases.