The vitality of this disease can be prevented if early diagnosis is made and required intervention is made. Increase in blood pressure is a significant symptom that is life threatening.
Autonomic hyperreflexia or autonomic
dysreflexia terms are used frequently for this syndrome. It was first defined by Guttmann and Whitteridge (1947). Autonomic dysreflexia is included in NANDA’s (North American Nursing
Diagnosis Association) nursing diagnosis classification as a nursing diagnosis which can be prevented or intervened by nurses (Carpenito,
2006).