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There’s no cure for autonomic disorders. But treatment can help you manage symptoms that keep you from living your best life. That’s why we’ve brought together a highly skilled team and equipped them with today’s most sophisticated diagnostic tools. We’ll work quickly to pinpoint the cause of your pain and create a treatment plan that includes advanced treatment options that are just right for you.

Testing options

Diagnosing an autonomic disorder can be difficult. In some cases, your symptoms may look like they’re linked to an underlying condition, such as an autoimmune disease, vitamin deficiency or infection. Other times, the signs you experience may appear unrelated to any other health problems. As a result, identifying your autonomic disorder may be a process of elimination.

Our team offers a wide variety of tests to confirm if you have an autonomic disorder.

Blood tests

Blood tests can help us measure markers in your blood that contribute to autonomic function. For example, they can detect autoantibodies that attack your healthy tissue or measure neurotransmitters, the chemicals that help your neurons talk to other cells. We may order a blood test alongside a QSART or Tilt Table test.

Pupil measurement

By shining a light into your eye, we can measure your pupil’s reflexes. Pupil reflexes that are too slow or too big can indicate an autonomic disorder.

QSART

The Quantitative Sudomotor Axon Reflex test, also called the “sweat test,” examines the nerves that control your sweating. To diagnose a possible autonomic disorder, we use small amounts of electricity to measure how much and how quickly you sweat in response to stimulation. 

Skin biopsy

We examine a small sample of your skin cells to see if you have any damage to or loss of small nerve fibers. These small nerve fibers play a role in pain and temperature regulation.

Tilt table testing

A tilt table test can help us diagnose POTS. During the test, you lie down securely on a table, and we slowly raise you until you’re standing. This exam shows us how your heart rate and blood pressure respond when you change positions.

Treatments we provide

Treatment for an autonomic disorder is unique for every patient. For many, the first step toward feeling better is gaining control of an underlying disease, like diabetes. For others though, an underlying condition isn’t the culprit. 

Regardless of your specific condition, a combination of these approaches will likely be considered for you.