A year ago, I was driving 'over the bridge' from the south into Grand Junction, Colorado, and saw a billboard raising awareness about dysautonomia.  It did not say it was sponsored by any local organization, and I believe it maybe was paid for by Dysautonomia International, but I of course did not have long to look away from the road to satisfy my curiousity about who was raising awareness in my valley of western Colorado about dysautonomia. 

I was intrigued --- I had come to realize my health issues were better explained using the "dysautonomia model" than anything else.  I'd not yet realized that O'Rio, who was in the back seat as usual, also had dysautonomia. He was not yet my "responsibility" as "owner" or "human guardian".   Travis Reed, shown here, simply calls it being their human. He was with me because he was coming with me, being separated from his former family's young dog, who was "crazy", and provoked O'Rio into behaviors he doesn't have unless provoked.  So I took him with me to the place I was renting a room in for a while, as his former owner was home extensively for a while for some medical things.   

Thankfully, when caring for the family's younger dog earlier this year, I'd get into exploring "canine dysautonomia", and find a veterinary educator in my searches that 'connected a lot of dots' for me.  I hope this topic will do that for you, if you're reading it.     

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Photo, above -- August 2017 O'Rio Grande having Ortho-Bionomy session with Travis Reed, LMT, Grand Junction, Colorado (Sherwood Park was the location).  See, below, for his contact information (in a grey box just past my sign-off).

Notable changes occurred with O'Rio's functional abilities after, as well as neurological quirks.  For about two months after, if you scritched his white spot where Travis' left hand is in this photo, his back legs -- plural -- "got to going" like the 'special spot' dogs have was scratched. 

The smoke alarm went off not long after this in his then-house, and his legs did that from the excessive stimulation to the nervous system.  And he had to re-learn doing stairs a bit, because the treatment helped the hamstring tightness, among other reasons. 

It was truly incredible what changes came from one seemingly simple treatment! (True talents make it look easy, right?)  THANK YOU TRAVIS REED!

Below, notice tongue extending, perhaps in 'overflow' from the challenge of the psycho-motor processing system to go down the stairs?  I remember looking at the girl sitting next to me in first grade coloring with her tongue out, while not breathing regularly, because it took so much to be 'doing' that motor activity, as an example from the human world. I suspect she would today have been diagnosed as autistic (or as an adult, but how often does that happen?) 

Grand Junction, Colorado (USA) is the medical hub for a large area (Salt Lake City to the west, Denver to the east, Albuquerque to the south), and is also a key community, planted long ago, to be providing the mainstream solutions for reforming the mainstream health care system.  One medical provider I met referred to it as "the evil empire", which helped me to understand what was going on here.  As a provider of occupational therapys contract services within a therapy clinic within a building / complex, I was not and "insider" and thus privy to being told things.  I had to figure them out the old fashioned, hard way, with first hand experience. 

I had risen as an occupational therapist to a point by my mid 40s to have been chosen to provide the OT services in a large medical building which served 40,000 people -- about 1/2 to 1/3 the overall area's people.  Normally you'd presume you'd be able to make a living off of that kind of thing.  I could not. Things didn't add up.  Such as this:

The very first doctor I marketed to in 2005 when starting out in my endeavor to provide quality, innovative and honest therapy services to consumers had enthusiastically asked me to look at his idea for what patients with 'fibromyalgia' really needed from area providers.  He drew out a model which had them going to OT and PT a lot, and the other providers across the course of the year.  Endocrinology.  Neurology.  Psychology. 

I'd been diagnosed with "fibromyalgia" in the late 1990s.  I'd been diagnosed with what today is called "chronic fatigue syndrome" in the late 1980s.  I'd been missed in the 1970s when I sought out help for what clearly were POTS symptoms, but suffice it to say I had POTS as a primary concern in my teens in the 1970s.  I knew what I'd done to get better --- to be "well" for periods of time, even --- and told this doctor (a rheumatologist) about it.  Thrilled with the 'recipe for success' he drew up to be offered to patients by the area's providers, I went to the clinic's management presuming, mistakenly, they'd be all up for the suggestion. And was told 'no'.

Two years later, I'd finally have a patient in the community hear about me, favorably, from a massage therapist, and I started doing an ad-hoc quiet version of the rheumatologist's suggested plan of care.  The PT I thought was right for her agreed to see her.  The patient agreed to see him as well.  Then I suggested the pain / fatigue / brain / nervous system-focused psychologist who was also an owner in the building, and a head of the behavioral health group who'd also been included in the mega-health-care building that opened in 2005. 

He was so thrilled with what occurred for the patient, he insisted we start an education group! 

I showed him the model the rheumatologist had drawn out for me years before, and we brainstormed together and he drew up what I use as the cornerstone of Lumigrate -- The YOU! Model. YOU are the one in the middle deciding what sources you learn from, use for products and services, and so on.                                      

With the consumers having chronic pain, fatigue, and etc. who came to the education group, many would, I'd later realize, actually have "dysautonomia" symptoms, but were diagnosed with other created condition names from mainstream -- fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, depression, and so on. 

I was aided in seeing this connection when we had a COTA (certified occupational therapy assistant) student for what turned out to be our last two months in the clinic.  She took an interest in the only patient we had difficulty getting results we felt were right -- the patient had been diagnosed with CRPS, or complex regional pain syndrome.  This was previously called RSD, or reflex sympathetic dystrophy. 

The education group had been going six months by that point in time, and within the people who attended with the conditions addressed in our education, I saw the 'overlap' with many other separate disorders when using mainstream, allopathic labels. 

The OTAS (student, who passed and became a COTA, married, and has a family) presented her final report and oral presentation on complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS, which used to be called RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy)) and did a fabulous job!  I asked "Did you see anywhere this overlapping with 'fibromyalgia'?"  She said she had not. I was surprised.  Today, I suspect she'd find information and have a different presentation, as well as answer to the question if I'd needed to ask. 

Increasingly recently, I've seen many sources making the connection between various conditions -- when you get out of looking at 'diagnosed conditions' and look at the symptoms, particularly.   

From dysautonomiainternational.org/page.php , I offer you this, and I suggest you GO to the site, and look at the graphics and other content they have.  That is my format at Lumigrate generally --- finding the 'good wheels' and linking to them. (Some bolding added by me for easier reading).

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What is dysautonomia?

Dysautonomia is an umbrella term used to describe several different medical conditions that cause a malfunction of the Autonomic Nervous System. The Autonomic Nervous System controls the "automatic" functions of the body that we do not consciously think about, such as heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, dilation and constriction of the pupils of the eye, kidney function, and temperature control.

People living with various forms of dysautonomia have trouble regulating these systems, which can result in lightheadedness, fainting, unstable blood pressure, abnormal heart rates, malnutrition, and in severe cases, death. Dysautonomia is not rare. Over 70 million people worldwide live with various forms of dysautonomia. People of any age, gender or race can be impacted.

There is no cure for any form of dysautonomia at this time, but Dysautonomia International is funding research to develop better treatments, and hopefully someday a cure for each form of dysautonomia. Despite the high prevalence of dysautonomia, most patients take years to get diagnosed due to a lack of awareness amongst the public and within the medical profession. 

Some of the different forms of dysautonomia include: 

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) - estimated to impact 1 out of 100 teenagers and, including adult patients, a total of 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 Americans. POTS can cause lightheadness, fainting, tachycardia, chest pains, shortness of breath, GI upset, shaking, exercise intolerance, temperature sensitivity and more. While POTS predominantly impacts young women who look healthy on the outside, researchers compare the disability seen in POTS to the disability seen in conditions like COPD and congestive heart failure. 

Neurocardiogenic Syncope (NCS) - NCS is the most common form of dysautonomia, NCS impacts tens of millions of individuals worldwide. Many individuals with NCS have a mild case, with fainting spells once or twice in their lifetime. However, some individuals have severe NCS which results in fainting several times per day, which can lead to falls, broken bones and sometimes traumatic brain injury. Individuals with moderate to severe NCS have difficulty engaging in work, school and social activities due to the frequent fainting attacks. 

Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) - MSA is a fatal form of dysautonomia that occurs in adult ages 40 and up. It is a neurodegenertive disorder with some similarities to Parkinson's disease, but unlike Parkinson's patients, MSA patients usually become fully bedridden within a 2 years of diagnosis and die within 5-10 years. MSA is considered a rare disease, with an estimated 350,000 patients worldwide. 

Dysautonomia can also occur secondary to other medical conditions, such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, celiac, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, and Parkinson's.^1,3 

There is currently no cure for dysautonomia, but secondary forms may improve with treatment of the underlying disease.⁴ There are some treatments available to improve quality of life, both with medications and lifestyle changes/adaptations, but even using all treatments available, many dysautonomia patients experience disabling symptoms that significantly reduce their quality of life. ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} 

Dysautonomia International encourages you to Learn More. You can make a difference in the lives of people living with dysautonomia by donating today! 

Sources 
1. National Institutes of Health Rare Disease Network's Autonomic Disorders Consortium 

2. Dysautonomias: Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System. Moderator: David S. Goldstein, MD, PhD; Discussants: David Robertson, MD; Murray Esler, MD; Stephen E. Straus, MD; and Graeme Eisenhofer, PhD 

3. Dysautonomia, A family of misunderstood disorders. Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., About.com Guide Updated November 13, 2011. 

4. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Information Page 

5. Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System Associated With Orthostatic Intolerance: An Overview of Classification, Clinical Evaluation and Management. Blair P. Grubb, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Divisions of Cardiology and Neurology, Barry Karas, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Medical College of Ohio.

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Basics of the Autonomic Nervous System

In order to understand the various forms of dysautonomia, it is a good idea to learn a little bit about the basics of the autonomic nervous system (the "ANS"). The ANS is a very complex system of nerves in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves that reach out to the limbs and organs.

The ANS can be divided into three main areas. The central (brain) portions of the ANS are found in the medulla oblogata in the lower brain stem, and also in the hypothalmus. The other two portions of the ANS are found in the peripheral nerves, including the Sympathetic Nervous System branch, and the Parasympathetic Nervous System branch. 

The medulla oblongata is a part of the brain that regulates cardiac, respiratory, vasomotor control, as well as reflexes like coughing, sneezing, vommitting and swallowing. The hypothalmus, another part of the brain, performs a supporting role by linking the nervous system to the endocrine system. The hypothalmus regulates body temperature, thirst, hunger, sleep and circadian rythyms in the body. Through endocrine control, the hypothamlus also plays a role in regulating blood volume and blood pressure. 

The Sympathetic Nervous System is commonly associated with the "fight or flight" responses - those bodily reactions that you need to respond quickly in an emergency. When faced with a life threatening situation, your human instinct takes over and you either fight the danger you are facing, or you take flight and run away from the danger.

Your Sympathetic Nervous System allows your body to do this rapidly. For example, in the face of danger, your Sympathetic Nervous system will cause bronchial dilation - this allows you to breathe better while you are fighting or running away from the dangerous situation. Likewise, your heart will beat stronger and faster, also prepping the body to fight or take flight. 

The Parasympathetic Nervous System is commonly associated with the "rest and digest" responses - those bodily actions needed to restore energy and rest the body. For example, chewing food triggers the Parasympathetic Nervous System to increase production of saliva and to increase digestion in the gut. The Parasympathetic Nervous System also increases gallbladder function, which assists in the digestive process. 

The following image sets out some of the notable features of the ANS.  (GO SEE THE IMAGE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK at the source for this 'tip of the iceberg' from the content at Dysautonomia International's website, it's a great and solid resource from what I can tell!)

dysautonomiainternational.org/page.php

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In the Human, Horse, Cat, Dog ....

                                                                                                                          ©2018 Mardy Ross

Our Dog O'Rio got some more help with his symptoms! Many thanks to Dr Janet Gordon Palm and everyone participating in the 4th Annual shin-dig at the Church of the Nativity in The Redlands of the Grand Valley of Western Colorado. Link: https://www.facebook.com/2018animalcarefair/…

O'Rio Grande --- (Of the Big River) -- had a full treatment -- osteopathy, cranial sacral work, neuronal adjustment, myofascia release, and LLLT. (See the laser light? It passes through the fur and skin, as Dr Janet explains, like sand being thrown through a chain link fence, and gets down into the tissues where the issues are and does what it does.  O'Rio's response has always been within seconds or a minute, he just gets this relieved, relaxed look, even will lie down and pant in the same way he will with other good times.)

                                                                                                                                     ©2018 Mardy Ross

 

 

"What is Dysautonomia in Animals?" on YouTube currently has 169 views, as of my adding this link (the video was created in February 2016 by Bill Inman, DVM). (Editing mid July 2018, it's had about 100 more, I hope Lumigrate is partly responsible -- I know I've sent the link by text and message to many people, as well)(Editing in late October 2018, it's surpassed 300 views now).  

I highly suggest you take the time to go and start watching and see if it's something you'd like to spend a total of 5 minutes watching.  I think it's worth the price of admission (five minutes of time). 

There's one aspect of Dr Inman's talk that 'leapt out at me' -- that some level of dysautonomia occurs in virtually all people.  He explains why, and how it's correlating to overall wellness / illness level.

This is consistent with what my mother was finding as an elementary teacher in our rural mountain school where she was screening all third graders for what was called 'sensory integration dysfunction' in the 1960s and 1970s (and even when I was in occupational therapy school in the mid 1990s, too, the name change to sensory processing disorder occurred relatively recently). 

So O'Rio had dysautonomia symptoms, as did his former family's young "crazy" dog.  O'Rio was found to be "mercury sensitive", via another model of medicine that looks at electronic charge of elements and sensitivity to the charges, which is genetic.  I'm also mercury (Hg) sensitive, and since I have to avoid mercury in even very small, trace amounts (as well as in large amounts like anyone would, of course), it just made sense that he would do best hanging out with me for the rest of his life. 

What really showed his former "humans" the significance of this was when someone used a mercury-containing laundry product and then apparently touched O'Rio's head/face after getting some on their hands.   His third eyelids swelled, and his pupils dilated.  It was so awful and concerning looking.  I thankfully understood what had happened, due to this recent learning I'm now providing at this thread, and simply washed his face with safely laundered towels and safe water, (in his case that means free of mercury).  We settled in for the night and sleep, and he was 'back to baseline' in the morning. 

When younger, O'Rio had been hyperactive and 'goofy'.  "Crazy" like the family's new dog. (Who was sensitive to fluoride, per this model of medicine I'm introducting here).  He was clumsy.  Sweet as can be and loved by everyone, but he took to his crate eventually and didn't like coming in the house.  They didn't know why; at the time I came along he was 10, and they attributed it to things they knew of that were "upsetting" from a psychological perspective as they were immersed in psychology and therapy you might say.

But they did not yet know what they had not yet learned, like we all experience.  Once they learned, after I learned, it was too difficult to go through what was needed to avoid traces of mercury at that point in their busy, active lives for a dog with such a short life expectancy, and I offered to take him with me when it was time for us to part ways as Mardy PopIns.

Think about dogs you know, or horses, people, rabbits, cats --- is anyone hyperactive and with attention and focus problems? Could it be they have dysautonomia as a symptom of what underlying is causing the nervous sytem to be disrupted?  And what could that be?  (More about THAT, below, where I'll link you to another topic at Lumigrate).

www.youtube.com/watch   < THIS IS THE LINK TO THE VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS DYSAUTONOMIA 

Published on Feb 20, 2016 

Dysautonomia or unbalance autonomic nervous system in animals is discussed in general as to cause, types of diseases and treatment using Veterinary Somato-Visceral Therapy (VSV), and Frequency Specific Low Level Laser therapy (VL3T), go to: http://vomtech.com/

WOULD ANYONE WISH TO FUND MY TAKING THE TIME TO TRANSCRIBE THIS VIDEO? IF SO, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

 

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My phone (and I text) is ----- 970 as area code, 462 is the prefix, and 8662 are the last four.

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If you must, my email is mardy dot poppins at yahoo dot com but I do not check that daily.

Thank you for 1) Being a YOUser at Lumigrate if you've accessed this topic.  2) Giving if you will take the time, energy and have the funds and are so inclined.  3) Letting others know of the resource for information AND a place they can give if interested in helping us to help YOU! (the overall).  ~ Gratefully, Mardy

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"From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to Fibromyalgia to POTS to Success -- One Woman's Journey Through the Medical Profession" is a topic at Health Rising dot org I suggest you take the link and time / energy to go read over and look around at the website.  I have other topics on Lumigrate where I link to and strongly suggest using Health Rising dot org as a tool for education.  

www.healthrising.org/blog/2013/08/20/from-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-to-fibromyalgia-to-pots-to-success-one-womans-journey-through-the-medical-profession/

I want to provide what was at the end of the thread at that link:  

Next up

Lauren’s POTSgrrl blog is a gold mine of good information on POTS, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and autonomic nervous system dysfunction, and we’re going to continue mining it. Lauren highlighted how important patient education is in these disorders, and with that in mind we’re going to ask: “Could I have autonomic nervous system dysfunction, POTS, or  Sjögren’s Syndrome?”, If the answer to that is yes, we’ll see what one very informed patient, Lauren, suggests you might do next.

We’ll also be looking closer at Lauren’s unusual treatment approach which  paid off – not with complete health –but with very substantial gains.

In 2012 Lauren created a non-profit; Dysautonomia International to support research and foster a better understanding of the often hidden autonomic nervous system disorders among us. The Dysautonomia International website offers information on POTS, doctors that specialize in diagnosing and treating autonomic disorders, and ways to get involved with research.

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 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, the afore-promised link to the other topic at Lumigrate which I really want you, if you've gotten this far, to go and read, and consider taking the time to study the 'paradigm changing' information presented via the German doctor's teachings I covered as I learned in the summer of 2017. 

www.lumigrate.com/forums/internet-connections-and-activism-medical-and-beyond/social-media-websites-political-informat

Similarly, I'm going to be suggesting this thread / topic as a resource there for people to learn about the basics of dysautonomia ..... the topic covers the sources Dr. Kessler suggests, but this topic expands upon that to include information I think is really well done and helpful if wishing to understand what's causing our overall health challenges or wellness if we're so lucky to have pulled that off somehow in today's increasingly difficult world. 

Live and learn.  Learn and live better! ~ Mardy

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Travis Reed's phone is area code 970, prefix 234 then 4703. 

Email is ortho dot travis dot reed at gmail dot com  

"Ortho-Bionomy: A gentle, painless structural approach to relieving pain and reducing the body's own abilities to heal from within"  (from his visually appealing business card)

 

Dysautonomias

Posted in "Notes" at Claus-Peter Kessler, MD's Facebook page on
October 15, 2011 at 7:26am (and with his permission, transferred here, with editing for easier readability for Lumigrate's brain-affected seekers).(Thank you, Dr. Kessler). 

Experts in the field of auriculomedizin (Mardy's edit: "auricular medicine" to those in the US, etc.), applied kinesiology and a few others are fully aware of the dysfunction and dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system, known as "dysautonomia".

We know that dysautonomia is always caused by strong disturbing fields (scars, heavy metal sensitivity, dental foci), which have certain interconnections with the body (meridian system) resulting in a switching of the autonomic nervous system. 

For those thinking energy- and vibrational- wise, it is the blockade of the Ajna Chakra, the 'Third Eye', having connections with the pituitary gland, the regulatory system of all our hormones and influences the hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal cascade. 

It also influences the pineal gland, resulting in melatonin irregularities and leading to sleep disorder with wild dreams.  You are not able to shut off and relax, your thoughts are going constantly, you're "wired" feeling ... you can not rest and recuperate.

If one doesn't know how to diagnose this phenomenon, one gets wrong results with pendulum, biotensor and all energy-detecting machines (Prognos, Vega, Bicom, Oberon etc.).  Everything is turned around, out of order. (Bolding and underlining added by me/Mardy in editing). 

                                                     A photo of Dr Kessler's consultation office, and Dr. Kessler  with his significant others.  

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Dysautonomia: A family of misunderstood disorders

By Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., About.com Guide
Updated May 06, 2010
About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board
See More About:women and heart disease, dysautonomia, inappropriate sinus tachycardia, vasovagal syncope
 

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What Is Dysautonomia?

In the 19th century there used to be a condition called neurasthenia. People would find themselves suddenly unable to function due to a host of inexplicable symptoms, often including fatigue, weakness, strange pains, dizziness and passing out. 

Doctors would not find anything to explain these symptoms, so they were attributed to a "weak nervous system," or neurasthenia. Women with neurasthenia (men were not given this diagnosis, by and large) were often confined to their beds, where they would either recover or eventually die. And while nobody knew what caused this condition, everyone -- doctors and laymen alike -- took it seriously.

Most modern doctors who hear about this mysterious condition merely shake their heads in wonder. Few seem to consider the possibility that neurasthenia is still with us. Consequently, they are less capable of recognizing the manifestations of this condition than were their old-time counterparts, and tend to be far less sympathetic to its victims.

Yesterday's Neurasthenia, Today's Dysautonomia

People who, a century ago, would have been called neurasthenics today are given a host of diagnoses. These include chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), vasovagal or neurocardiogenic syncope, panic attacks, anxiety, inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), or fibromyalgia.

Sufferers of all these conditions tend to experience an imbalance, and most often a peculiar volatility, in the autonomic nervous system. We now call this "dysautonomia".

The Autonomic Nervous System And Dysautonomia

The autonomic nervous system controls the “unconscious” bodily functions, such as heart rate, digestion, and breathing patterns.

It consists of two parts: the sympathetic system and the parasympathetic system. The sympathetic system can best be thought of as controlling the “fight or flight” reactions of the body, producing the rapid heart rates, increased breathing, and increased blood flow to the muscles that are to escape danger or cope with stress.

The parasympathetic system controls the “quiet” body functions, such as the digestive system.

So: the sympathetic system gets us ready for action, while the parasympathetic system gets us ready for rest. Normally, the parasympathetic and sympathetic components of the autonomic nervous systems are in perfect balance, from moment to moment, depending on the body’s instantaneous needs.

In people suffering from dysautonomia, the autonomic nervous system loses that balance, and at various times the parasympathetic or sympathetic systems inappropriately predominate. Symptoms can include frequent vague but disturbing aches and pains, faintness (or even actual fainting spells), fatigue and inertia, severe anxiety attacks, tachycardia, hypotension, poor exercise tolerance, gastrointestinal symptoms such as irritable bowel syndrome, sweating, dizziness, blurred vision, numbness and tingling, and -- quite understandably -- anxiety and depression.

Sufferers of dysautonomia can experience all these symptoms or just a few of them. They can experience one cluster of symptoms at one time, and another set of symptoms at other times. The symptoms are often fleeting and unpredictable, but on the other hand they can be triggered by specific situations or actions. (Some people have symptoms with exertion, for instance, or when standing up, or after ingesting certain foods.) And since people with dysautonomia are usually normal in every other way, when the doctor does a physical exam he or she often finds no abnormalities.

What Causes Dysautonomia?

Dysautonomia can be caused by many different things; there is not one single, universal cause. It seems clear that some patients inherit the propensity to develop the dysautonomia syndromes, since variations of dysautonomia often run in families. 

Viral illnesses can trigger a dysautonomia syndrome. So can exposure to chemicals. (Gulf War Syndrome is, in effect, dysautonomia: low blood pressure, tachycardia, fatigue and other symptoms that, government denials aside, appear to have been triggered by exposure to toxins.)

Dysautonomia can result from various types of trauma, especially trauma to the head and chest. (It has been reported to occur after breast implant surgery.)

Dysautonomias caused by viral infections, toxic exposures, or trauma often have a rather sudden onset. Chronic fatigue syndrome, for instance, most classically begins following a typical viral-like illness (sore throat, fever, muscle aches, etc.) but any of the dysautonomia syndromes can have a similar onset.

What Becomes Of People With Dysautonomia?

Fortunately, the prognosis appears far better than it was in the days when the disorder was called neurasthenia. This is likely because bed rest is no longer considered the treatment of choice. Most victims of dysautonomia eventually find that their symptoms either go away or abate to the point that they are able to lead nearly normal lives. Sometimes, in fact, the probability that things will ultimately improve on their own may be the only thing that keeps some of these individuals going.

But even though the symptoms eventually improve in most cases, many people with dysautonomia experience symptoms that completely disrupt their lives, and the search for competent medical assistance in rendering their symptoms "tolerable" is, too often, a difficult one.

So, if you think you may have dysautonomia, you should learn as much as you can about the various forms of this condition, especially how the dysautonomias are evaluated and treated.

The dysautonomia syndromes can be tough to diagnose, tough to treat, and tough to live with.

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This link is to the resource in Dr. Kessler's notes that he referred me to once I understood (generally) the above information, and he'd looked over what I'd prepared here up to that point.  He kept referring to 'the movie' with 'the guy with the beard'. 

So I'm going to provide you with the link to what he links to at YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch

and also provide some history about it I found elsewhere on the Internet: 

The Bone Marrow is one of the episodes in the Once Upon a Time ..... Life series, which is a French - Japanese - Swiss - Italian animated television series which tells the story of the human body for children.  Originally produced in 1987 and directed by Albert Barille, the series consists of 26 episodes. 

The manager of the brain is represented by Maestro, the bearded old man who Dr. Kessler was referring to.  I've had a BLAST learning about this, and how to draw Maestro -- there's even a YouTube video about that!  The series describes a "society inside the body" with a major pyramid type structure of working.  

 

Testing - Specifically What Does He Mean? 

Here's a link to his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/clauspeter.kessler/about

And the topic about Dr Kessler www.lumigrate.com/forum/claus-peter-kessler-md-facebook-learn-test-order-system-disrupted-his-mantra

with many comments from me on specific areas: 

Comment 1 - Mercury and Mercury Sensitivity (and ApoE4)

2 - Dr. Kessler on Lyme (and Fibromyalgia)(and .... )

3 - Testing - Specifically What Does He Mean?

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5 - EMF and Mercury Release from Amalgam Fillings in Teeth 

6 - Focal Disturbances as Main Factor in Chronic Disease 

7 - Analogies -- To Help Us See This Paradigm Shift 

8 - My Topic About Dysautonomia in People and Pets at Lumigrate (which is this topic, here, these are to 'loop')

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Mardy

Live and Learn.  Learn and Live Better! 

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An additional resource about Nogier --- discoverlasers.com/blog/nogier-frequencies-revealed

An excerpt (the end portion): VAS or NOGIER'S pulse:

Auriculomedicine is a reflex method based on modifications of the NOGIER pulse in response to stimulation.

The Nogier's pulse, called RAC in French for Réflexe Auriculo-Cardiaque or Autonomic Circulatory Reaction), corresponds to the English term VAS (Vascular Autonomic Signal).

In practice, the physician tests the sensitivity of the sensors of the skin of the patient's body or external ear. With one hand, he holds an appropriate detector, and the other, it takes the patient's pulse.

The patient's radial pulse is taken very carefully and requires a great deal of practice in order to be performed rigorously. The pulse is conventionally taken with the thumb placed perpendicularly to the radial artery against the styloid process.

The VAS phenomenon is usually felt by the practitioner as a qualitative variation of perception of the pulse. It starts 1 to 3 cycles after application of a stimulus. This signal occurs without any alteration of heart rate and can last for 8 to 15 cardiac cycles.

Mechanical recording of the vascular signal perceived clinically by taking the pulse manually has not yet been objectively demonstrated. This demonstration is difficult, as it consists of trying to reproduce a fine sensory perception instrumentally.

However, it is clear that the Nogier pulse involves the autonomic system (sympathetic and parasympathetic). Modification of the VAS is mediated by the unconscious autonomic nervous system and corresponds to a neurological reflex.

Until a device has been developed that is able to measure the VAS signal, physicians continue to learn the manual pulse taking technique. Several schools now teach this technique. In particular, in Lyon, the cradle of auriculotherapy, there is an association, the Groupement Lyonnais d'Etude Médicale (GLEM), which provides such courses.

NOGIER frequencies:

Seven frequencies were developed experimentally by Dr Paul Nogier in the 1970s. These frequencies are constantly used in routine medical practice, as they are preferentially recognized by the body. They enter into resonance with the body and specific exert effects on the body. These frequencies are used both for detection and for treatment.

Frequencies	U	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Value (Hz)	1.14	2.28	4.56	9.125	18.25	36.5	73	146

The U frequency is the so-called "universal" frequency and the resulting 7 fundamental frequencies are multiples of 2.

  The same frequencies are used for laser devices, but at a higher harmonic. They have an identical action.

Frequencies	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Value (Hz)	292	584	1168	2336	4672	73	146

Variations with respect to reference frequencies are also used. They range from -30% to +30%.

Definition of frequencies by Drs Paul and Raphaël NOGIER:

Extract from "The man in the ear", Maisonneuve, 1979, 255 p.

The "A" frequency is associated, in the animal kingdom, with non-organized, embryonic structures. It is the frequency of the primitive living being; it is in sympathy with the cell in the crude, undifferentiated state. This frequency, the most archaic, can also be considered to be the most anarchic.

The more elaborate "B" frequency is specific to the nutritional visceral system and is related to the primitive gastrointestinal apparatus.

The "C" frequency indicates motor elements of the body. It reflects movement, the limbs, the renal system, the genital tract.

The "D" frequency leads us to a higher level of organization, as it introduces the concept of symmetry, by selectively affecting certain unpaired organs, presenting the characteristic of being solitary, but anatomically symmetrical; for example the corpus callosum or the white commissure, two symmetrical cerebral structures, situated between the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere [...]

The "E" frequency is that of the spinal cord and central nervous system, which perceives and communicates between functional units situated at different levels.

The "F" frequency represents subcortical cerebral regions. These structures are found in the brain of higher animals, dogs, for example.

The "G" frequency resonates with the most elaborate structures of the body, those of the cerebral cortex, the typically human part of the brain, which gives man the capacity to think, create and imagine.

The following table summarizes the main therapeutic applications of NOGIER frequencies:

NAME	THERAPEUTIC ACTION
A	action on the tissues: wounds, epithelial tumours,epidermal reactions...
B	gastrointestinal and metabolic problems: trophic functions, polarity, parasympathetic, interoceptive impulses...
C	locomotor problems: ergotropic function, sympathetic polarity....
D	disorders of laterality
E	pain and nerve conduction: spinal cord diseases
F	brain and bone reconstruction
G	action on the cerebral cortex: cortical, mental disorders ...

The effects can be potentiated by associating various frequencies. These combinations of frequencies are especially used in local therapy:

TREATMENT	ANALGESIC	REGENERATING	MUSCLE RELAXING
Frequencies	E G	A B F	C D G

For treatment, you can use electrical or laser stimulators, however cold laser stimulators are the most effective and completely painless.