Resource Things To Avoid In POTS

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Things To Avoid In POTS - DINET Offers Large List

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.

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POTS What To Avoid

Ablation of the sinus node may be detrimental to POTS patients. A Mayo Clinic study reported short-term success in five of seven ablated patients with inappropriate sinus tachycardia and postural orthostatic tachycardia features (Shen, Low, Jahangir, Munger, Friedman, Osborn, Stanton, Packer, Rea...

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