Nerves are distributed in almost every part of the human body and are innervated by nerves. Some nerves are controlled by our consciousness, such as the activities of hands and feet. We let them move and they move; but some nerves are controlled by our consciousness. Nerves are not controlled by our consciousness, such as the heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, glandular secretion, etc. The nervous system that controls these organs is called the autonomic nervous system, which is usually called the autonomic nervous system.
The autonomic nervous system consists of two systems, sympathetic and parasympathetic, which are controlled and regulated by the cerebral cortex and hypothalamus, but not controlled by human will. When it has a positive effect, the other side has a negative effect. For example, when the sympathetic nervous system is excited, the gastrointestinal peristalsis is accelerated, and the secretion is increased; when the parasympathetic nervous system is excited, the gastrointestinal peristalsis is slowed down and the secretion is reduced.
Under normal circumstances, these two systems balance and coordinate with each other to control the physiological activities of the body, and will automatically and spontaneously adjust the working state of the internal organs according to the changes in the internal and external environment of the body. If this balance of the autonomic nervous system is disrupted, various dysfunctions will occur, which is the autonomic nervous system disorder.
What are the symptoms of autonomic disorders?
1. The spirit is easily excitable: irritable, unable to be stimulated in the slightest, difficult to control emotions, often have many messy associations and memories, afraid of sound and light, feeling allergy.
2. Mental fatigue: The self-reported work efficiency is reduced, brain power is greatly reduced, concentration, memory loss, fatigue, fatigue, dizziness, lack of energy, etc.
3. Mood instability: depression, anxiety, irritability, nervousness, over-attention to various changes in oneself, resulting in various hypochondriacal concepts, always doubting oneself suffer from a certain disease.
4. Head discomfort: accompanied by head swelling, headache, dizziness, pressure and tightening of the head, unreal feeling, neck stiffness, low back pain, limbs Muscle pain.
5. Sleep disorders: Mostly, it is difficult to fall asleep, wake up early, or it is difficult to fall back asleep after waking up, insomnia and dreaminess, fear when lying on the bed, fear of not being able to sleep, Then cranky.
6. Others: Tachycardia, palpitation, shortness of breath, chest tightness, sweating, anorexia, constipation, diarrhea, tinnitus, impotence and premature ejaculation may occur.
In addition, long-term autonomic disorder will lead to emotional stress, anxiety, and decreased immune function. These symptoms do not appear individually, but appear as a combination of several symptoms. In addition to congenital physical factors, there are psychological and environmental factors. Most of them are caused by psychological factors, such as study stress, work pressure, anxiety, family burden, marital discord, etc. are all factors that can induce autonomic disorders.
Therefore, people who are usually busy with work, stressed and introverted should pay special attention to preventing autonomic disorders.