Blood flow disorder easy to be misdiagnosed as depression 'POTS' What?

by Annie Spratt

A case is reported that a person diagnosed as depression once was actually a blood flow disorder. This disease is easy to overlook because of few numbers, the average years to diagnosis is 4 years, and the number of such doctors is said to be 7 on average.

POTS: Tori and Nick Foles battle 'the most common condition you've never heard of' - CNN
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This Mysterious Blood-Flow Disorder Is Often Misdiagnosed As Depression
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American football player Nick Falls Tori Falls, who is the 's wife, was carried out in the hospital now suffer from symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, fatigue, it was diagnosed that there is a possibility of depression. Another doctor seems to have been diagnosed as "viral infection", but Mr. Tori himself said "I have never heard of a dizzy viral disease, and sometimes I can not get out of bed He was constantly feeling inexplicable about the diagnosis result.

Actually, Mr. Tori's illness was blood flow disorder called posture tachycardia syndrome (POTS). POTS is an autonomic nervous system disorder, autonomic nerves control involuntary functions such as blood pressure and digestion, so Tori's body has the above symptoms.

Symptoms such as dizziness and syncope appear by reducing the amount of blood returning to the heart when standing from a lying state. Also, if the standing state continues, the heart rate per minute will rise more than 30 beats within 10 minutes. Besides dizziness by having problems with circulation of blood, symptoms such as consciousness getting awkward, syncope, palpitations (headache), headache, visual impairment, gastrointestinal disorders including nausea and constipation / diarrhea, shortness of breath and tiredness also appear And that.

by Cassi Josh

According to the Gene and Rare Disease Information Center (GARD), the estimated POTS of 325.7 million Americans is estimated to be 1 million to 3 million, many of whom are under 35 years old I will. However, the diagnosis of POTS is very difficult, according to CNN, the average number of doctors visited by patients until they are diagnosed as POTS is seven, and the average years to diagnosis is 4 years on average.

Tori, who was diagnosed as POTS at the age of 23 at 2013, also went around several hospitals. About the situation at that time "I will never forget the time when the doctor saw me in the examination room, he said" You are young and healthy, perfect condition, have you thought about anxiety and anxiety? "I was confused and disappointed." "There is nothing worse than being told that it is" perfectly healthy "when the condition of the body is bad, the doctor should learn more about the disease I think that we need to investigate when patients complain of such symptoms, "Tori says.

Although it is often unknown about the cause of POTS, pregnancy, major surgery, trauma, viral diseases etc may be triggered. There is no fixed treatment method, but there are symptoms caused by lifestyle changes such as "Increase of water content and salt intake", "refraining from alcohol and caffeine", such as increasing blood flow and blood volume There seems to be some people getting better.