Poor sleep, exhaustion, tachycardia, palpitations, dizziness, nausea, GI disturbance, brain fog. exercise intolerance. Sound familiar? What you might not have realised is that all of these symptoms can be explained by disorder of the autonomic system. Our bodies, being stuck in a fight or flight state, are never resting, digesting or healing as they should. In episode 4 of this expert interviews series, the host talks to Dr Svetlana Blitshteyn about what's known about virally induced dysautonomia, what the prognosis is, how we diagnose it and how we treat it. Also covers intersections with Long Covid and postviral conditions in general, which have long been known to lead to dysautonomia.
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