Updates on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Autonomic Neuropathies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Autonomic neuropathies are a complex group of disorders and result in diverse clinical manifestations that affect the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urogenital, and sudomotor systems. We focus this review on the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral autonomic neuropathies. We summarize the diagnostic tools and current treatment options that will help the clinician care for individuals with peripheral autonomic neuropathies.

Recent findings

Autonomic neuropathies occur often in conjunction with somatic neuropathies but they can also occur in isolation. The autonomic reflex screen is a validated tool to assess sympathetic postganglionic sudomotor, cardiovascular sympathetic noradrenergic, and cardiac parasympathetic (i.e., cardiovagal) function. Initial la

SUBMITTER: Lamotte G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9663281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature