Diseases of the nervous system (neurology)

Peripheral autonomic failure.

The term “peripheral autonomic insufficiency” refers to a complex of autonomic manifestations that arise from damage (usually organic) to the peripheral (segmental) part of the autonomic nervous system.

Disorder of thermoregulation: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Thermoregulation disorders are manifested by hyperthermia, hypothermia, chill-like hyperkinesis, and "chill" syndrome. The occurrence of temperature disorders, in particular hyperthermia, as shown by clinical and electrophysiological research data, indicates a certain inadequacy of hypothalamic mechanisms.

Autonomic disorders in the extremities

Vegetative disorders in the extremities are an obligatory companion of the pathology of the peripheral nervous system and are often encountered in suprasegmental vegetative disorders. They are manifested by vascular-trophic-algic syndrome as one of the forms of vegetative dystonia syndrome.

Hyperventilation syndrome

Hyperventilation syndrome (Da Costa syndrome, effort syndrome, nervous respiratory syndrome, psychophysiological respiratory reactions, irritable heart syndrome, etc.) has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years due to its frequency and the important role it plays in the formation of numerous clinical manifestations.

Autonomic crises, or panic attacks - Symptoms

The main feature of vegetative manifestations is the presence of both subjective and objective disorders and their polysystemic nature. The most common vegetative manifestations are: in the respiratory system - difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, a feeling of suffocation, a feeling of lack of air, etc.; in the cardiovascular system - discomfort and pain in the left half of the chest, palpitations, pulsation, a feeling of interruptions, a sinking heart.

Autonomic crises, or panic attacks - Causes

Special epidemiological studies, the sample size of which reached 3000 people, convincingly showed that panic attacks are most often encountered in the age group from 25 to 64 years, with some predominance in the group of 25-44 years, and least often in the age group over 65 years. Panic attacks that occur in elderly patients (over 65 years) are usually poorer in symptoms, in a paroxysm there may be only 2-4 symptoms, however, the emotional components are usually quite pronounced.

Autonomic crises, or panic attacks

A panic attack (PA), or vegetative crisis (VC), is the most striking and dramatic manifestation of vegetative dystonia syndrome (VDS) or panic disorders (PD).

Vegeto-vascular dystonia

Vegetative-vascular dystonia includes manifestations of all forms of vegetative regulation disorders. In recent years, preference has been given to the term "vegetative dystonia syndrome" over "vegetative-vascular dystonia syndrome", since this makes it possible to talk about vegetative-visceral dystonia syndrome, and the latter can be divided into various systemic dystonias (vegetative-cardiac, vegetative-gastric, etc.).

Neurogenic hyperthermia (increased body temperature)

An increase in body temperature with adequate thermoregulation is called fever. Hyperthermia develops with excessive metabolic heat production, excessively high ambient temperatures, or defective heat transfer mechanisms.

Seizure (violent movement seizure).

Attacks of violent movements or "convulsions" may occur with loss of consciousness or against the background of an altered state of consciousness. They may also be observed with fully preserved consciousness.