I drank too much and now I can't walk: a case of alcohol-induced dysautonomia

被引：2

作者：

Assaker, Richard ^{[1
]}

El Hasbani, Georges ^{[2
]}

Antezana, Arturo Alvarez ^{[3
]}

Gamarra, Jose Vargas ^{[1
]}

Amaya-Suarez, Jose ^{[3
]}

Bertely, Christopher ^{[3
]}

Suleman, Natasha ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] St Vincents Med Ctr, Bridgeport, CT USA

[2] Amer Univ, Beirut Med Ctr, Beirut, Lebanon

[3] Lincoln Med & Mental Hlth Ctr, Bronx, NY 10451 USA

来源：

OXFORD MEDICAL CASE REPORTS | 2021年 / 08期

关键词：

dysautonomia; neuropathy; alcohol; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHY;

D O I：

10.1093/omcr/omab072

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Dysautonomia is a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which mediates both sympathetic and parasympathetic functions of the human body. Alcohol has been established to affect the autonomic function through liver injury and accumulation of vasodilators. Alcohol can induce peripheral neurological diseases as well. This case report describes a patient who had a chronic history of alcoholism and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus presenting for orthostatic hypotension and peripheral neuropathy without underlying liver disease or other endocrinopathies. Although diabetes mellitus was controlled pharmacologically and risk factors for orthostatic hypotension were managed conservatively, his symptoms did not improve which indicated an alcohol-related autonomic dysfunction, shedding light on one of long-term complications of alcoholism.

引用

页码：313 / 315

页数：3

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