It is a serious condition considered a medical emergency. AD is also known as autonomic hyperreflexia. This reaction causes: a dangerous spike in blood pressure slow heartbeat narrowing of your ...

Autonomic dysreflexia, also known as autonomic hyperreflexia, occurs when there is pain or discomfort below the spinal cord injury that leads to elevated blood pressure levels, which can in turn ...

Autonomic dysreflexia (sometimes also called hyperreflexia) is a serious medical problem that can happen when you’ve injured the spinal cord in your upper back. Autonomic dysreflexia makes your ...

Autonomic dysreflexia is an emergency condition that occurs in patients with spinal cord injuries especially in the upper thoracic region. This condition is characterized by hyperactivity of the ...

It is known as autonomic hyperreflexia. It causes a dangerous spike in blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, a constriction of peripheral blood vessels in the limbs as well as other changes in the ...

Autonomic dysreflexia is triggered by stimuli from below the level of injury Autonomic dysreflexia can occur on a daily basis and can be triggered by stimuli such as distension of the bladder (most ...

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA IS AN ACUTE SYNDROME OF EXCESSIVE, UNCONTROLLED SYMPATHETIC OUTPUT that can occur in patients who have had an injury to the spinal cord (generally at or above the sixth thoracic ...

Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a potentially life threatening condition common in people who have experienced spinal cord injury in the upper back. AD occurs when an injury disrupts the nervous ...

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