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Old Mar 19, 2015, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by jo_thorne View Post
Is there some kind of "POTS epidemic" going on at the moment? My sister told me that there are 3 teenaged girls on their street who have POTS. One of them is in a wheelchair and can no longer attend school.

I was diagnosed with CFS in the early 90s and had the NMH problem. It's much better now than it was then but still a problem.

Thanks for the info about alpha antagonistic and beta agonistic antibodies.
I think it's just being recognized more frequently. Kind of like the ADHD "epidemic". Luckily, most adolescents improve within the couple years vs. adults who don't. I hope the girls on your sister's street do. There's a lot of research and a new drug for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (which I have as well), and I think that's kind of triggered more research and knowledge into all types of orthostatic hypotension and their associated disorders. Just my opinion.