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Objective: To assess the prevalence and burden of autonomic symptoms in migraine, and determine the relationship with migraine frequency. Background: Autonomic symptoms in migraine have been theorized to occur in the setting of inter-ictal sympathetic hypoactivity and hyper-sensitivity. There...

Summary The intestinal barrier, which primarily consists of a mucus layer, an epithelial barrier, and a gut vascular barrier, has a crucial role in health and disease by facilitating nutrient absorption and preventing the entry of pathogens. The intestinal barrier is in close contact with gut...

Management of patients with hypertension and orthostatic hypotension. Parallel progress: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19113

One of our members at the University and College Union (UCU), John*, used to enjoy Ironman contests, but now walking to his own bathroom is a feat of will. His resting heart rate was a remarkable 40 beats per minute (bpm), but now sitting up sees it hit 220bpm. He suffers from long Covid and his...

Long COVID is known by different names, such as post COVID-19 condition, post-COVID-19 syndrome, or post-Covid conditions, all of which include a wide range of persistent or new symptoms that develop after SARS-CoV-2 infection and last for typically more than 12 weeks to months and up to 2...

Looking forward The opportunities for further clinical research into autonomic medicine are too numerous to list. However, by pointing to a number of strategic areas, I hope to stimulate thought and catalyze ideas for potential research projects: • Well-designed epidemiologic studies are needed...

Abstract Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is primarily a respiratory disease, however, an increasing number of reports indicate that SARS-CoV-2 infection can also cause severe neurological manifestations, including precipitating cases of probable Parkinson’s disease. As microglial NLRP3...