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October is #DysautonomiaAwarenessMonth. Today we are looking at some of the known causes of autonomic dysfunction, and how it is investigated. [THREAD] 
The cause(s) of #autonomicdysfunction in #EDS and #HSD remains unclear. However, some possible causes include:
🧍🏾♀️Increased blood pooling (e.g., in the legs when standing or around the gut after eating)
🩸Low circulating blood volume
🧍🏾♀️Increased blood pooling (e.g., in the legs when standing or around the gut after eating)
🩸Low circulating blood volume
💊 Medications with side effects that trigger or make problems worse, auto-immunity (immune responses to the person’s own body)
😷 Too much #histamine in the body (related to #allergy)
⚫️ Rarely, brainstem or spinal cord restriction
😷 Too much #histamine in the body (related to #allergy)
⚫️ Rarely, brainstem or spinal cord restriction
