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what complication is occurring for a person who has a spinal cord injury above t6 and is experiencing paroxysmal hypertension as well as piloerection and sweating above the spinal cord lesion?

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The person will be affected by autonomic hyperreflexia. Autonomic dysreflexia can range in severity from minor to fatal. Either a portion or the complete ANS may be impacted.

A disease known as autonomic dysreflexia (AD) occurs when your body's automatic nervous system overreacts to physical or environmental stimuli. Additionally called autonomic hyperreflexia.

This response results in:

  • A life-threatening increase in blood pressure.
  • Sluggish heartbeat Spinal cord damage is the most frequent cause of autonomic dysreflexia (AD).

People with autonomic hyperreflexia have excessive nervous system responses to stimulus that doesn't harm healthy people. The signs and symptoms of autonomic dysreflexia typically include a sharp rise in blood pressure, changed heart rate (reflex bradycardia), anxiety, impaired vision, headache, flushing, and perspiration, though it can also be asymptomatic (above the level of injury).

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