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Old 01-17-2016, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by SylvieM View Post
Hi Kay,
Ironically, I was diagnosed with POTS on Monday....my own Neuro (who did my skin punch biopsies) said I could not have it because my blood pressure dropped "only" 20 pts.,
from sitting to standing. At the (new) cardiologist's on Mon. it dropped 30 points. This doc. said the cut-off was 20 points!
As far as I know BP drop when standing is called neurally mediated hypotension (NMH).
POTS is increased heart rate when standing.
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