Re: Dysautomomia and vagus nerve function

January 30, 2008

> Jim, my ignorance is vast on the subject of dysautonomia. This woman

> told me she had a tilt table test that made her very sick. And when

> her heart rate and BP went wandering off, they didn't self-correct;

> thus the trips to the ER. She also mentioned the vagus nerve

> malfunctioning. My thought is that if the problem is confined to the

> vagus nerve, perhaps some chiropractic adjustments would help, or some

> other technique to take pressure off of it.

>

Maybe - I don't know. The vagus nerve can also start to die off,

or lose nerve condition, and it regulates all sorts up things -

digestion, heart rate, " male functions " (and probably female ones

too..), and who knows what else. And is often damaged in diabetes

due to neuropathy (although it will grow back - if blood sugars are

brought back to near-normal levels). Hence the Levita adds about ED

and dibaetes, high blood presure (symptoms of syndome X), and high

cholesterol (also of syndrome X, and hypoT) Those ads make me SO mad

(not really, just 'figuratively') - just treating the symtoms not the

cause.. As usual with allo-pathic medicine almost run by the drug

companies.

A good test according to Dr. Bernstein is called the R-R

interval test. It measure the heart rate variation between breathing

in and breathing out (and a few other situations like sitting down

and standing up). Normally, the HR is faster when breathing out (I

think - either that or the other way). He say's it VERY correlated

to vagus nerve funtion, as breathing and HR is controlled by it.

Cardiologists know how to run the test, but few doctors wil even know

what it IS, much less actualy order if if you don't push them hard.

So get to know your neighborhood cardio person

Bernstein is of 'Diabetes Solution' fame. He's Type 1, normalized

his blood sugars to near non-diabetic levels, REVERSED his kidney

disease, eye problems, gastroparesis [slow stomach emptying], sensory

neuropathy, and even the calcification of his arteries - which he

thought was permanent!) Of course, the ADA calls him a pariah beause

he advocates a low-carb, high-fat diet, no fruit diet, which is

contrary to *everything* all the quasi-governmental health

organizations say..

Jim

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