CURRENT GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF VEGETATIVE DYSTONIA IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

Disorders of the autonomic nervous system represent a relevant problem in the modern pediatric and adolescent health care due to high prevalence, polymorphism of clinical manifestations, and a negative impact on the quality of life of children and adolescents.It is now believed that autonomic dysfunction underlies many chronic non-communicable diseases which, according to WHO, cause death of tens of millions of people every year: coronary artery disease, hypotension and hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac conduction defects, gastric ulcer, asthma, etc. The trigger of the pathological process, followed by damage to the target organ, is the change in nervous regulation.

Keywords

• vegetative dysfunction
• autonomic nervous system
• autonomic dystonia
• chronic non-communicable diseases
• treatment