| Literature DB >> 26589199 |
Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann1, Jose-Alberto Palma2, Horacio Kaufmann2.
Abstract
Here we report the case of a patient with familial dysautonomia (a genetic form of afferent baroreflex failure), who had severe hypertension (230/149 mmHg) induced by the stress of his mother taking his blood pressure. His hypertension subsided when he learnt to measure his blood pressure without his mother's involvement. The case highlights how the reaction to maternal stress becomes amplified when catecholamine release is no longer under baroreflex control.Entities:
Keywords: Autonomic; Blood pressure; Emotions; Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy; Jewish genetic disease; Stress
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26589199 PMCID: PMC4742405 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-015-0323-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Auton Res ISSN: 0959-9851 Impact factor: 4.435