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Old 06-25-2012, 05:37 PM
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The test that most people get is the Tilt Table test. A neurologist will do that. I was MUCH too ill for that. They put you on a table and tilt it so you are up and I was mostly bedridden and in my w.chair. No possiblity of that test. My doctor gave me other tests, but I can't remember the names. I was so ill.

One of my tests was like the tilt. Lying down, sitting and standing. BP was taken at each one and my heart was tested also. Several times. I can't remember the other test. I had already been to the cardio doc. They knew nothing about Dysautonomia. I saw two different cardiologists.

The diagnosis for POTS is when the heart rate is more than 30 beats per minute when standing.
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