Question 1

can i treat sympathetic ophthalmia with carnosine?

Accepted Answer

No: Sympathetic ophthalmia must be treated with potent inflammatory drugs and can result in blindness.

Question 2

how to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum?

Accepted Answer

Antibiotic ointment: Most newborns receive antibiotic eye ointment after vaginal birth for this.

Question 3

what's reflex sympathetic dystrophyk?

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Pain following injur: Reflux sympathetic dystrophy is a condition usually follows injury affects mostly hands and feet. This condition usually progresses  through different phases.
Definitive cause is unknown. It can happen with or without nerve injury. Treatments available.

Question 4

what causes overactive sympathetic nervous system?

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Dysautonomia: Several, such as Adrenal fatigue, Headaches, Hypertension, Heart disease, Food sensitivities, Chronic fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Depression, Anxiety, Alcoholism, Compulsive overeating, Insomnia, Irritable bowel, Obesity, ADHD, Overactive bladder, PTSD, Alzheimer, Parkinson's disease, Excess sweating.

Question 5

can you normalize a overactive sympathetic nervous system?

Accepted Answer

: You could normalize or at least temper it by either medication or over riding it by the executive part of the brain used in Cognitive Behavior Therapy or Biofeedback. There are other technological modules but above are the commonly used.

Question 6

nicotine- parasympathetic and sympathetic, what does this mean?

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2 parts of nervous: system. There is a voluntary nervous system which allows us to move muscles and is under our control, and there is an autonomic nervous system which is not generally under our control. This system has 2 main components - the sympathetic system which is the "fight and flight" side, speeds up the heart, dilates pupils, elevated BP, reduces sweating. The parasympathetic system does the opposite.

Question 7

what is a disorder of sympathetic regulation and is it treatable, any symptoms?

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Sounds like a : Term reserved for a condition with many unclear symptoms.  You need a long visit with a doctor who can make a list of all your symptoms and get proper tests before he can recommend any treatment.

Question 8

can you tell me how can a person experience the world without a sympathetic nervous system?

Accepted Answer

I don't think: That would be compatible with life.

Question 9

what is the difference between the sympathetic, parasympathetic and peripheral nervous sytems?

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Need more characters: We are limited to 400 characters in our reply, wouldn't be enough to explain this. They overlap in ways so they aren't completely separate. Sympathetic counteracts the parasympathetic and the central nerves and the peripheral nerves make up the total anatomic nervous system. The Sym/Parasym nerves are more the functional part of the nerves.

Question 10

what is reflex sympathetic dystrophy?

Accepted Answer

Now CRPS: Complex regional pain syndrome, formerly rsd, is a pain syndrome, usually occurring in an arm or leg after an injury, but lasting much longer than would be normal for that type of injury. It typically has a component of redness or swelling and is described as burning or aching. There is also no obvious damage to a specific nerve that doctors can find. The cause is not clearly understood.

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