CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME CAUSED BY NEUROAUTOIMMUNITY
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Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, United States
Background:
A 25 year old female presented with chief complaints of numbness in the both arms, legs and hands, lightheadedness, dizziness, blurred vision, extreme fatigue, nausea, headaches, irregular heart rate and provisional diagnosis Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) pending a tilt table test . Symptoms began acutely 3 months prior to presentation with an right hemiparesthesia, followed by vision changes, and orthostatic intolerance. The paresthesia then spread to the left side of her body. Prior to presentation, she received a spinal tap that revealed elevated IgG bands and a resulting differential of neuromyelitis optics, multiple sclerosis or transverse myelitis. She can stand only for 10 minutes before experiencing presyncope.
Methods:
Neurological examination revealed abnormal digit span test, hyperreflexia on the right patella and achilles, loss of right arm swing with dual tasking of gait, hippus during VNG testing, and dystaxia using the right arm.
Patient was placed on a gluten-free and milk-free diet and anti-inflammatory supplement protocol featuring turmeric, resveratrol, omega fatty acids, vitamin D, glutathione, vitamin B12 and glutamine.
Results:
After thirty days of treatment, patient reported that the numbness had receded to an area including only the right thumb and that her orthostatic intolerance had improved to the point where she could stand for as long as she liked. Reintroduction of eggs caused the entire left arm to go numb, but this resolved with removal of eggs from the diet. After 60 days of treatment, her POTS symptoms had disappeared and she could exercise without tachycardia or feelings of pre syncope.
Conclusion:
The author suggests further investigation into utilizing clinical nutrition and supplementation in the treatment of neuroautoimmunity and related dysautonomia.
Keywords:
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome,
neuroautommunity,
gluten-free diet,
Milk-free diet,
Anti-inflammatory diet
Conference:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function, Orlando, United States, 7 Oct - 9 Oct, 2016.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Abstracts ISCN 2016
Citation:
Clark
DJ
(2016). CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME CAUSED BY NEUROAUTOIMMUNITY.
Front. Neurol.
Conference Abstract:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2016.59.00042
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Received:
31 Aug 2016;
Published Online:
07 Sep 2016.
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Correspondence:
Dr. David J Clark, Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States, mail@doctordavidclark.com