Your nervous system is made up of two parts. The core is your
central nervous system — your brain and spinal cord. The rest of
your nervous system, branching off from your spinal cord to the
rest of your body, is your peripheral nervous system.
Part of the peripheral nervous system involves nerves that
you consciously control — such as nerves you use to move your
voluntary muscles. Part is your autonomous nervous system — the
nerves that regulate the part of your nervous system that you
can't control, such as your heart rate, blood pressure and
digestion.
Damage to your peripheral nerves is called peripheral
neuropathy. Autonomic neuropathy is a type of peripheral
neuropathy in which the very small nerves are damaged.
A number of conditions can lead to damage of the autonomic
nerves. The most common cause is diabetes. About half of the
people who have diabetes eventually develop some type of
neuropathy.
Other causes may include:
- Alcoholism, a chronic,
progressive disease that can lead to nerve damage
- Poor diet White rice, white flour,
white sugar no fatty acids in diet.
- Infection from virus, mycoplasma
type bacteria.
- Abnormal protein buildup in organs (amyloidosis),
which affects the organs and the nervous system
-
Autoimmune diseases,
in which your immune system attacks and damages parts of
your body, including your nerves
- Some tumors, which can press on
nerves and cause direct or remote damage (paraneoplastic
syndrome)
- Multiple system atrophy, a
degenerative disorder that destroys the nervous system
- Surgical or traumatic injury
to nerves, injury can be from a car accident.
- Other chronic illnesses such as
Parkinson's disease and HIV/AIDS
-
Celiac
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