10 Dysautonomia Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #10: Exercise intolerance
Patients with dysautonomia can experience exercise intolerance or a worsening of their general symptoms after increasing their activity level. For instance, patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) experience an excessive increase in heart rate during acute exercise. Partly, this tachycardia can be explained by a reduced stroke volume or the volume of blood ejected per beat by the left ventricle of the heart.
Although most dysautonomias don’t have a definitive cure, there are available treatments to help improve certain symptoms. For instance, some studies have shown that effective therapy for exercise intolerance can be endurance exercise training.
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