Sympathectomy - a stress response attenuation

"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The hypothalmus also regulates body temperature

Question:

The hypothalamus controls hunger, thirst, [1] fatigue, anger, and circadian cycles.It also regulates body temperature. Can the subsequent Compensatory Sweating that follows after Symoathectomy be a symptom of the dysregulated hypotalamus. Can the severity of the CS be a reflection of the extent of the damage?

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