Guest guest Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Hi Jack - I would think rheumatic fever in childhood as a possible cause of such symptoms. There are several things that can cause these anomalies - ANS imbalance (very common) - myopathy - mitral valve damage - excess cortisol and or thyroid - defecient cortisol and or thyroid - autoimmune disease (lupus type of diseases can cause many CNS and ANS anomalies). If she is a basically passive person with nervous symptoms then she probaly has some kind of heart defeciency - if she is a very energetic person with nervous symptoms then she probably has a hormonal excess. Two types of patterns often seen are childhood diseases like Mono or rheumatic fever cause damage to the mitral valve and this will manifest later as various types of arrythmia - another pattern is exhaustive processes that imbalance the ANS and cause the sympathetic system to be over excited and this causes arrythmias. If there is a great imbalance between the dopamine and the seratonin functions then GABA will be imbalanced and one will see many SNS symptoms. Try to determine if the apnea is a true apnea - does she actually stop breathing? If not then perhaps it is a simple over compensation of the SNS when falling into the hypnogogic state (it could be something like a mild seasure). If it is true apnea then she should be throughly examined by a qualified physician to determine the cause. Apnea can be a very dangerous disease and should be either eliminated as a diagnosis or treated. Did you have her to your acupuncture teacher? If this is an ANS and or CNS problem acupuncture should be helpful. Otherwise take her to a good herbalist and let them treat the patterns as they are presenting now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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