Vagotonia

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Vagotonia ( syn .: Trophotropy , parasympatheticotonia ) describes a state of the autonomic nervous system in which the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves is shifted in the direction of the parasympathetic nervous system. This results in a clinical syndrome with low blood pressure ( hypotension ), slow pulse ( bradycardia ), narrow pupils ( miosis ) and often cold hands and feet and occasionally listlessness . The opposite of vagotonia is sympathicotonia .

The parasympathetic nervous system dominates in rest and relaxation , it has an activating effect on the organs of the digestive system and relieves the heart. Endurance training promotes vagotonia. This is noticeable, for example, in low pulse values ​​in athletes. In trained people, vagotonia is not pathological, but rather beneficial and protective.