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Exercise exposes new types of POTS
Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 6 December: Exercise Exposes New Types of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Extracts: Exercise has been used in many studies to understand chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but nobody until recently has used exercise … Continue reading
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Prevalence of POTS in Dutch people with CFS
Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is considered a diagnostic marker for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to (i) compare POTS prevalence in a CFS cohort with fatigued patients not meeting CFS criteria, and … Continue reading
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The blood volume paradox in ME/CFS & POTS
Health Rising blog post: The Blood Volume Paradox in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and POTS by Cort Johnson, 29 July 2016. Kunihisa Miwa, a Japanese ME/CFS researcher, has been on something of a roll. Through no less than five studies he pioneered the … Continue reading
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Tagged arginine vasopressin, blood volume, Cort Johnson, Desmopressin, Dr David S Bell, Dr David Systrom, Dr Lucinda bateman, Dr Streeten, exercise intolerance, K Miwa, Marcie Zinn, Mark A Zinn, MS Medow, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, renin aldosterone paradox, Rhomberg test, small heart
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How to recognise POTS
Article abstract: This article describes the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, and management of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a potentially debilitating autonomic disorder that can have many causes and presentations. POTS can be mistaken for panic disorder, inappropriate … Continue reading
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POTS, CFS and reactions to vaccines
Review article: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a heterogeneous disorder of the autonomic nervous system in which a change from the supine position to an upright position causes an abnormally large increase in heart rate or tachycardia (30 bpm within … Continue reading
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The complexity of diagnosing POTS
Research highlights: We evaluated how the diagnosis can be missed in a single orthostatic stress test Orthostatic tachycardia is more prominent in the morning, but not always. Symptoms were more frequent in the morning, but not during majority of the … Continue reading
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Beyond tired: an overview of the IOM report on CFS/SEID
Article: Beyond Tired: Is chronic fatigue syndrome a real medical condition? Yes, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine, which urges physicians to treat it accordingly, by Dolan, Darrach in Neurology Now, October/November 2015, Vol 11, Issue 5, … Continue reading
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Management of chronic pain in children
Review abstract: Chronic pain in children and adolescents can be difficult for a single provider to manage in a busy clinical setting. Part of this difficulty is that pediatric chronic pain not only impacts the child but also the families … Continue reading
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Nature of fatigue in POTS
Research Abstract: Individuals with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome share many symptoms with those who have chronic fatigue syndrome; one of which is severe fatigue. Previous literature found that those with chronic fatigue syndrome experience many forms of fatigue. The goal … Continue reading
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