POTSWALK-THROUGH
Walk through POTS, one station at a time.
Guess, then watch the answer. Seven stations, about 15 minutes.
Start the walk-through0 of 7 stations visited
- STATION 1What happens inside you when you stand up?Watch blood shift toward the legs and see how the heart responds, with and without POTS.
- STATION 2How big a heart rate rise counts?Slide a heart rate and see it against the published thresholds for adults and teens.
- STATION 3Which parts of the day make it harder?Tap through heat, meals, standing still and more, and see how each one pulls blood away.
- STATION 4Do extra salt and water help?See what a high-sodium diet and oral rehydration did in two small trials.
- STATION 5What do garments and training do?Compare garment coverage in a 30-person trial and see what happened to people who finished an exercise program.
- STATION 6What do the medicines have behind them?Compare every common medicine by what it is approved for and how many people the best trial studied.
- STATION 7Which options fit what matters to me?Pick what matters and what to avoid, and a needle points to the options worth raising with your clinician.