Acute autonomic neuropathy following primary herpes simplex infection.
A 13-year-old girl presented with postural hypotension, severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea, parotid pain and a transient encephalopathy. There was evidence of an acute autonomic neuropathy and some electrophysiological evidence of a transient peripheral somatic neuropathy. The likely cause was primary herpes simplex infection.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis