Key questions on postural tachycardia syndrome

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• typical pre-syncope symptoms that develop in the upright position and are relieved by lying down. These symptoms should have been present for more than three months and be associated with a persistent tachycardia on standing or head-up tilt table test\n\nteenage and young female adults, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome & mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS).2\n\nchest pain, headaches, poor sleep, exercise intolerance, cognitive impairment (brain fog), gastrointestinal symptoms and peripheral acrocyanosis (purple puffy feet and hands when dependent\n\nIn the UK, the mean time to diagnosis is seven years, and before diagnosis, patients are commonly given a psychiatric label such as anxiety, depression or panic disorder to account for their symptoms\n\nA manual or battery-operated sphygmomanometer can be used to repeatedly record heart rate and blood pressure while supine then for a minimum of 3 and up to 10 minutes while standing\n\nincrease blood volume, blunt the tachycardia, minimise sympathetic tone and increase vasoconstriction.\n\nUnderlying cause ; Approximately 50\\% of patients have partial peripheral sympathetic denervation of blood vessels especially in the legs; the damaged nerves mean that blood vessels are unable to constrict adequately. This results in pooling of blood and low blood volume in relation to blood vessel capacity, leading to reduced stroke volume and a compensatory tachycardia to maintain cardiac output and blood pressure.

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• It is my first time to learn that the PoTS could be an autoimmune condition.

• The tablet with the drugs and advice on each was particularly helpful and has prepared me for when the young lady with POTS returns to see me to discuss how the fludrocortisone has helped her. It states to monitor potassium which I will check. This is a change in my practice as I wouldn\\\\\'t have checked it before reading this.

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• most managed without medication

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