WHY THE SYMPATHETIC IS OVERACTIVE IN ARACHNOIDITIS:
The central nervous system is damaged in arachnoiditis. It is therefore unsurprising that it may not function normally.
Some possible factors might be:
- Abnormal feedback from damaged nerves
- Thalamic effects: pain, stress
- Limbic system: emotional input?
- Sympathetic chain:? direct damage
- Spinal cord injury>> autonomic dysfunction
- Cervical pathology >> autonomic dysreflexia
- Thyroid abnormalities
- Effects of medication?
- Disturbance of hypothalamic-pituitary axis (seen in some fibromyalgia patients)
Constant pain is a continual stressor, resulting in adrenal over activity and subsequent exhaustion (sudden onset fatigue may be associated)
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