Abstract
Functional dysautonomia has been reported in relation to a large number of human disorders [1,2]. Conventionally, it is usually regarded as a complication of a given disease, as for example, in diabetes [3], although it has been observed as a condition in its own right [4–8]. The case of a patient with an array of symptoms, many of them clearly dysautonomic, is reported here. An unusual feature was the finding of asymmetric blood pressures in the two arms. In particular, there was a marked difference in pulse pressures which decreased by 50% after nutritional therapy.