TESTS

Testing for dysautonomia can be extensive. Normally no one test will find a cause so numerous tests are needed to find a proper diagnosis. The process for finding answers to the problem, cause, and treatment is often designed to narrow down from a large list of reasons why the medical conditions could be occurring. The more tests that can be completed results in more things being able to be eliminated. The vast number of factors and variations for each individual can make answers hard to find. Sometimes a disease needs to develop more to separate itself from other ones due to diseases masking or mimicking each other. Many disorders under the dysautonomia umbrella have similar symptoms. The same tests may need run and rerun to set baselines and find changes. Although the medical field is putting more emphasis on dysautonomia it still often takes years to get a proper diagnosis or treatment. The problems may not only be invisible to the eye but also medical equipment as well. The patients need to advocate for themselves and talk about what only they are experiencing to their doctors. People who suffer from dysautonomia are often their own best resources for answers and need to be proactive with doing everything they can to gain information to help their doctors help them. There are numerous tests that can be done with no medical equipment that can be helpful when trying to set up more in-depth ones with a physician. Keep in mind even the group of people who have some form of dysautonomia there are large inconsistencies as well as commonalities among them. Each person needs their own personal evaluation and to take control over what they can when looking for answers.