
The Dysautonomia Download
This is a series of podcasts from health care professionals at British Columbia Children's Hospital that discusses the autonomic nervous system disorder known as "dysautonomia" or "dysautonomia of adolescence".
The Dysautonomia Download
Episode 1 - A Patient's Experience
The first episode in this series focuses on dysautonomia from the perspective of a previous patient of the Dysautonomia Program. The conversation covers access to the Program, symptom burden, management, and follow-up. This episode is hosted by Astrid De Souza, a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at The University of British Columbia and an Exercise Physiologist and Counsellor to the Dysautonomia Program at British Columbia Children's Hospital. In today's episode Astrid is interviewing Pearl Waraich, a former patient who was diagnosed with dysautonomia in 2017.