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Things To Avoid In POTS - DINET Offers Large List
Things To Avoid In POTS - DINET Offers Large List
Read more about this resource...Air travel, alcohol, medications, large meals and more, DINET (Dysautonomia Information Network) provides a long list of things POTS patients might wish to avoid.
Alcohol enhances peripheral venous pooling, which will exacerbate hypotension (Grubb & Karas, 1999). Alcohol can also lead to a dehydrated state.