Autonomic Dysreflexia

[onedayatatime]

Has anyone else out there had problems or symptoms associated with autonomic dysreflexia. I had "episodes" infrequently all of my life, but since my detethering surgery two years ago, the episodes are more frequent and more severe. Everything I read states that it is seldom associated with spinal injuries below T10 but my myelomeningocele was much lower than that.
The heavy sweating and blood pressure spikes are the worse part for me.
I am 54 - bilateral, below-knee amputation
Thanks for any input:

[Avocado Baby]

This is a *really* old thread but I was on another site and had it suggested that some of my symptoms could be this.

[Ziggy]

IIRC from nursing school, any sort of spinal cord injury can be associated with autonomic dysreflexia, regardless of the level of injury. I had a patient in clinicals whose BP would spike when he needed to pee, and he was an L4 injury.

[Avocado Baby]

Thanks. That's intersting. I was looking at it with relation to my UTI symptoms. I thought I had a UTI and was shaking and sweating. I took paracetamol but it continued. My GP suggested to me today that I didn't have a UTI but my bladder may have been irritated, which could cause the AD...I think!