Camden L. Hebson1, Michael E. McConnell2, David W. Hannon3
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.2, pp. 156-161, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12720
Abstract Dysautonomia is an increasingly recognized yet still poorly understood disease within
the field of pediatrics. Symptoms, including dizziness, headaches, fatigue, joint pain,
anxiety, and intolerance of heat or cold, are often significant and difficult to sort,
especially in terms of their relation to each other. This often leads to referral to multiple subspecialists, who then proceed to treat seemingly familiar symptoms in kind.
In the authors’ experience, this leads to more frustration on the part of the patients
and their physicians when symptom improvement does not follow (or can even
worsen). On the other hand, by understanding the pathophysiology, treatment… More >
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