Abstract
Background: Many polyneuropathies manifest autonomic disturbances. Diabetic neuropathy, the most frequent neuropathy in the western world, serves as model of the symptomatology of autonomic disturbances. Diabetic Neuropathy: Clinical symptoms comprise pupillary and cardiovascular dysfunction such as orthostatic hypotonia and syncopes, thermoregulatory, gastrointestinal symptoms, disturbances in urogenital and respiratory function and unawareness of hypoglycemia. Other Neuropathies: This article also describes autonomic symptoms in alcoholic neuropathy, in Guillain-Barre syndrome, in paraneoplastic polyneuropathies, in toxic neuropathies, in acute and subacute autonomic neuropathy, in amyloidosis, in porphyria, in familiar dysautonomia, in HIV infection and in botulism.
Translated title of the contribution | Autonomic disturbances in polyneuropathies |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 533-540 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Medizinische Klinik |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Sep 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acute and subacute autonomic neuropathies
- Alcoholic autonomic neuropathy
- Autonomic neuropathy
- Diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy