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Autonomic dysreflexia is a condition that emerges soon after a [[Spinal Cord Injury]], usually when the damage has occurred at or above the T6 level. | Autonomic dysreflexia is a condition that emerges soon after a [[Spinal Cord Injury]], usually when the damage has occurred at or above the T6 level. It is generally defined as a syndrome in susceptible Spinal Cord injured patients that incorporates a sudden, exaggerated reflexive increase in blood pressure in response to a stimulus, usually bladder or bowel distension, originating below the level of the neurological injury. It is also sometimes known as autonomic hyperreflexia, hypertensive autonomic crisis, sympathetic hyperreflexia, autonomic [[Spasticity]], paroxysmal hypertension, mass reflex, and viscero-autonomic stress syndrome. (Autonomic dysfunction, autonomic neuropathy, and dysautonomia refer to general dysfunction of the [[Autonomic Nervous System]], which is a distinctly different entity.) | ||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Autonomic dysreflexia is a condition that emerges soon after a Spinal Cord Injury, usually when the damage has occurred at or above the T6 level. It is generally defined as a syndrome in susceptible Spinal Cord injured patients that incorporates a sudden, exaggerated reflexive increase in blood pressure in response to a stimulus, usually bladder or bowel distension, originating below the level of the neurological injury. It is also sometimes known as autonomic hyperreflexia, hypertensive autonomic crisis, sympathetic hyperreflexia, autonomic Spasticity, paroxysmal hypertension, mass reflex, and viscero-autonomic stress syndrome. (Autonomic dysfunction, autonomic neuropathy, and dysautonomia refer to general dysfunction of the Autonomic Nervous System, which is a distinctly different entity.)
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Differential Diagnosis
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