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  2. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a condition characterized by an abnormally large increase in heart rate upon sitting up or standing. [1] POTS is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system that can lead to a variety of symptoms, [10] including lightheadedness, brain fog, blurred vision, weakness, fatigue, headaches, heart palpitations, exercise intolerance, nausea ...

  3. Katie Ledecky Just Revealed a Secret Health Struggle After ...

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    Katie has POTS, which is is a disorder where a reduced volume of blood returns to the heart after you stand up from lying down, per the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ...

  4. Why do so many women get POTS? - AOL

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    In examining POTS, a disorder that affects the autonomic nervous system, which controls bodily functions such as breathing, heart rate and digestion, Guava Health explores why 95% of patients are ...

  5. Katie Ledecky opens up about POTS diagnosis and how she ...

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    Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system, which controls body functions we often don’t think about, such as heart rate and blood pressure.

  6. Dysautonomia - Wikipedia

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    Dysautonomia, a complex set of conditions characterized by autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction, manifests clinically with a diverse array of symptoms of which postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) stands out as the most common. [11] The symptoms of dysautonomia, which are numerous and vary widely for each person, are due to ...

  7. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...

  8. Solange Knowles Opens Up About 'Debilitating' Health ...

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    Sjogren's syndrome "is a disorder of your immune system identified by its two most common symptoms — dry eyes and a dry mouth," according to the Mayo Clinic, while the National Institutes of ...

  9. Da Costa's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Da Costa's syndrome, also known as soldier's heart among other names, was a syndrome or a set of symptoms similar to those of heart disease. These include fatigue upon exertion, shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating, chest pain, and sometimes orthostatic intolerance. It was originally thought to be a cardiac condition, and treated with a ...