u/BringTheJubilee

▲ 8 r/UARS+1 crossposts

Is sympathetic activation in UARS primarily compensatory or is it independently dysautonomic?

I hear some people argue that nervous system activation in UARS is primarily compensatory and any dysfunction of the nervous sytstem is driven by it being over-activated in a compensatory manner. So, to explain lower arousal thresholds, maybe one could argue the nervous system is primed rather than being independently dysfunctional. On this view, it seems that correcting for the airway would allow the nervous system to re-adapt afterwards. Recently, though, I've been seeing people argue that the nervous system is dysfunctional in a manner distinct from airway instability—that dysautonomia is an independent factor. I'd be interested in seeing what the different perspectives are here and why.

reddit.com
u/BringTheJubilee — 1 day ago