Syndrome of autonomic dysfunction in adults and children: symptoms and treatment

To date, the most common disease among somatic has become a syndrome of autonomic dysfunction (SVD), more familiar as a vegeto-vascular dystonia.

Doctors still can not decide which specialist should constantly observe patients with such a syndrome - the therapist (if it is an adult), the pediatrician (in children), a psychiatrist, a neurologist, an endocrinologist or a cardiologist. This is due to the fact that a patient with this disease usually has many different complaints.

The causes of the disease can be heredity, chronic heart and vascular disease, endocrine system, nervous system, problems in pregnancy and childbirth, which lead to brain damage, inactivity and chronic stress.

Very often, the syndrome of autonomic dysfunction occurs against a background of neurosis. As a result of severe stress, the traumatizing situation is unconsciously superseded by the human psyche and, as a result of this displacement, a neurotic state appears, often "beating" the internal organs.

How is vegetative dystonia syndrome manifested?

• Cardiovascular syndrome. In other words, cardiovascular. The patient has a violation of the heart rhythm in the form of tachycardia, bradycardia or extrasystole, pressure jumps, pallor or marbling of the skin, often become cold extremities. Periodically I cause discomfort in the field of heart aching pains, not connected with loads.
• Hyperventilation syndrome. The man lacks air, breathing becomes more frequent, too much carbon dioxide is removed from the blood, resulting in dizziness, muscle spasms and loss of sensation in the limbs and the area around the mouth.
• Irritable bowel syndrome. Frequent urge in the toilet, abdominal pain, swelling, nausea and vomiting.
• Violation of thermoregulation. This syndrome is more common in children and manifests as chills or an unreasonable increase in temperature.
• Children experience sleep disorders, fatigue, meteosensitivity and a tendency to frequent colds and allergies.

More often than not, SVD is manifested in problems with the heart. In general, this disease is difficult to diagnose, so the patient is sent immediately to several specialists to collect data on the work of his body. An electrocardiogram for checking heart rate and cardiointervalography is mandatory.

Treatment of the syndrome of autonomic dysfunction

The syndrome of autonomic dysfunction in children disrupts the work of many internal organs. As a result, it develops dyskinesia of the digestive tract, genitourinary system, changes in the work of the heart and blood vessels. If the syndrome of autonomic dysfunction of the nervous system is not treated and prevented from doing so, then in time it can develop into more familiar diseases - urolithiasis, hypertension, cholelithiasis. Thus, we understand that all adult problems originate in infancy and childhood. Therefore, SVD should be treated seriously and in a complex manner. There are also no medications. These include:

1. Full nutrition, normalization of the regime of the day. It is necessary to sleep at least eight hours a day
2. Three-hour walks in the street, prevention of sedentary lifestyle
3. Swimming, hardening
4. Acupuncture, electrosleep, physiotherapy
5. Limitation of emotional and intellectual stress

6. Adults should adhere to a healthy lifestyle, give up smoking and alcohol, and also start breathing exercises or yoga.

If you heard a diagnosis from a pediatrician, like a vegetative dystonia syndrome (vegeto-vascular dystonia), do not start buying drugs, but try to revise the regime of the day and the baby's diet first. And only if this does not work, you will have to treat your child with medicines under the supervision of a doctor.