Here at the Web of Dysautonomia, we are all about educating people about the disease and providing means that are intended to help them receive the care they need from their doctor. First we must learn more about what Dysautonomia is.
Dysautonomia is a term used to describe a group of medical conditions caused by injury or disease with the autonomic nervous system that controls the involuntary functions of the body.
Dysautonomia can affect any of the body’s systems individually or as part of another system. This can result in numerous issues that often overlap and are codependent on each other. Signs and symptoms may mask or mimic various disorders and diseases. Psychological problems such as anxiety may also be diagnosed misleading from the root cause of dysautonomia. Since many times symptoms of Dysautonomia cannot be observed on the outside of a person it is dismissed with no diagnosis. It is known as an invisible illness that many single medical tests may not detect. For this reason a battery of tests is often used to narrow down to diagnosis