Sunday Conversations March 2024 - Dysautonomia with Peter Cariani

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“Dysautonomias” refers to the generic term encompassing all disorders of the autonomic nervous system. In this edition of Sunday Conversations, Peter Cariani gave a brief overview of the autonomic nervous system and what can go wrong. He also touched on the role of dysautonomias in ME/CFS, FM, and other chronic conditions, what causes these conditions to be self-sustaining, what medical specialties treat dysautonomias, and added his own thoughts about diagnosis and treatment. Hayla Sluss is Moderator and Discussant.

This program is part of “Sunday Conversations with MassME,” a monthly speaker series with discussion on a wide variety of topics. For more information on this and future Sunday Conversations presentations, please check out https://www.massmecfs.org/sunday-conv...

Chapters
0:00:00 Housekeeping
Peter Cariani
0:01:47 Peter: Background & introduction
0:09:44 Peter: What is dysautonomia
0:13:30 Peter: The nervous system
0:22:58 Peter: What can go wrong
0:29:02 Peter: Small fiber neuropathy
0:33:50 Peter: The vagus nerve
0:40:05 Peter: The glyphatic system
0:41:46 Peter: A unified theory?
0:46:35 Peter: What makes MECFS self-self-sustaining
0:48:39 Peter: Practical advice from a caregiver
Hayla Sluss
0:53:18 Hayla: Dysautonomia vs MECFS
0:54:59 Hayla: Accommodations for dysautonomia
Questions from the audience
0:58:46 Q&A: Why are some patients more light/sound sensitive
1:00:30 Q&A: How does a viral trigger create dysautonomia
1:03:07 Q&A: Advice for diagnosis if dysautonomia symptoms are subclinical or variable
1:05:48 Q&A: Nitric oxide?
Conclusion
1:09:32 Conclusion and next month's talk