Autonomic Peripheral Neuropathy

✍ Scribed by Freeman, Roy

• Book ID: 122565501
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 239 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0733-8619
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2007.01.001

✦ Synopsis

Most generalized peripheral polyneuropathies are accompanied by clinical or subclinical autonomic dysfunction. There is a group of peripheral neuropathies in which the small or unmyelinated fibers are selectively targeted [1]. In these neuropathies, autonomic dysfunction is the most prominent manifestation. The autonomic nervous system innervates viscera, vascular smooth muscle, endocrine and exocrine glands, the immune system, and soft tissues, and the associated signs and symptoms include impairment of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urogenital, thermoregulatory, pseudomotor, and pupillomotor autonomic function. A list of common peripheral neuropathies with autonomic manifestations is found in Box 1.