What’s the parasympathetic nervous system?

The parasympathetic nervous system controls the body’s organs, blood vessels, and smooth muscles. It promotes a slower heart rate, breathing rate, increased sweating and salivation, and sexual arousal. Dysautonomia refers to autonomic nervous system dysfunction that causes symptoms such as aches and pains, fainting, fatigue, anxiety attacks, rapid heart rate, and low blood pressure. There […]

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