15. Keep track of what you drink in a day. Start with an empty liter-sized bottle or a quart jar. Each time you drink, pour the same amount that you just drank into the bottle. When that bottle is full, you have used your fluid allowance for the day. What is fluid? Partner with your Dietitian to create an individualized diet that works for you.
Symptoms of mitochondrial disease include heart failure, exercise intolerance, dementia, muscle weakness, movement disorders, deafness, blindness, stroke-like episodes, and more. There is no specific treatment for mitochondrial disease.
For many, it is a one word description that explains some of the most troublesome and puzzling symptoms that adults and children with mitochondrial disease experience. The autonomic nervous system functions to moderate and allow adaption of the body to everything in our environment. The autonomic nervous system, when functioning properly, regulates the response to very basic changes such as temperature, walking, sitting, sleeping, eating, desiring, and digesting food, thirst, etc.