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Extractions: Ideas for Increasing Awareness: We had a wonderful, stimulating discussion about ways to increase awareness in our most recent live chat. Please visit our Awareness Day Page and read the summary of success stories shared and ideas brainstormed during the chat. Upcoming Live Chats: Monday, April 14 at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (6:00 PM Pacific; 01:00 GMT/UTC): Parents' Chat Pediatric Network for CFS, FM, OI Profile Founded: June 12, 2002 Daily Posts: 29 Total Posts: 4632 Daily Visits: 812 Total Visits: 113484 A welcoming place where teenagers, parents, physicians, educators, and other professionals can discuss chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, neurally mediated hypotension, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, dysautonomia, and related conditions
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Extractions: Be sure to visit the NDRF Reference Page where you can learn more about the NDRF Patient Handbook, Videos and other reference materials. NDRF Chat Fall 1997 Orthostatic Intolerance Syndromes: Dr. David Robertson, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN FAQ's : Dr. Phillip Low, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Health Tips: Dr. Kathryn Boehm NDRF Updates: Linda J. Smith 1407 W 4th St, Suite 160, Red Wing, MN 55066 NDRF Chat Orthostatic Intolerance Syndromes: Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Mitral Valve Prolapse Dysautonomia (MVP), Idiopathic Hypovolemia Since our start in April of this year, NDRF has received calls, letters and e-mail daily. Due to the large number of calls we receive from those who suffer from Orthostatic Intolerance Conditions, NDRF felt that our first newsletter should focus on this area. We have asked some of the leading physicians who treat these disorders to help us by providing a summary of the conditions, answering some frequently asked questions, and giving some helpful health tips to assist in managing Orthostatic Intolerance. We hope that this newsletter will provide you with information that will help you better understand and manage your condition. Our website also may provide you with some information - be sure to visit us and drop us a note.
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Medizinische Klinik Translate this page ABSTRACT. postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) Pathogenesis,Diagnostic Evaluation, and Therapeutic Options. Background http://www.multimedica.de/public/html/uvogel/ZE/FUFZE104X/2000/08/06.html
Extractions: present review a variant of autonomic dysfunction with orthostatic intolerance POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) will be discussed. Diagnosis and Treatment: The affected patients present with orthostatic intolerance, postural tachycardia, exercise intolerance, fatigue, dizziness and in some cases with other dysautonomic symptoms such as gastrointestinal or
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Extractions: Blood Pressure Monitoring The Orthostatic Blood Pressure Test shows us how well your body adapts to standing up after having been lying down for 10 minutes. When lying down your blood vessels are relaxed and dilated, when you get up they must contract as otherwise all your blood 'would sit around your ankles with nothing in your head'. Actually venous pooling concerns mainly the large abdominal vessels. Among the chemicals released by the Autonomic Nervous System to control the circulating blood volume are cortisol, dopamine, epinephrine (adrenaline), and norepinephrine (very similar to epinephrine but with somewhat less effect on the heart). The organ crucial to this happening is the adrenal gland and principal hormones produced by its adrenal cortex are cortisol (hydrocortisone), aldosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Adults secrete about 20 mg of cortisol, 2 mg of corticosterone (which has similar activity), and 0.2 mg of aldosterone daily. Although considerable quantities of androgens (primarily DHEA and androstenedione) are normally produced by the adrenal cortex, their chief physiologic activity occurs only after conversion to testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. The orthostatic blood pressure test (10 minutes supine and upto 30 minutes standing) thus gives an insight into the functionality of the patient's adrenal gland. In a healthy subject the BP may temporarily rise slightly or remain constant as will the pulse rate; in a patient with poor adrenal functioning the BP will drop. The Orthostatic Blood Pressure Test is correlated to the U1 / U2 resistance of Biological Terrain Analysis as well as to the Heart Rate Variability study which is another, ECG based orthostatic test, and laboratory tests. Some BP irregularities that can occur alone or as combinations:
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Extractions: Tips from Other Journals Previous Next Vasovagal Syncope and Related Disorders The management of patients in whom a primary abnormality in blood pressure regulation results in hypotension and loss of consciousness presents clinical challenges. The hypotension may be primary, or it may be secondary to a condition such as tachyarrhythmia or bradyarrhythmia. Vasovagal syncope describes this condition, as well as other conditions that are considered to be dysautonomic responses to upright posture, such as orthostatic hypotension and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Bloomfield and associates reviewed the pathophysiology of these two causes of syncope and developed an algorithm to guide diagnosis and treatment. see the accompanying figure on page 2212 FIGURE. Vasovagal syncope and related disorders: a suggested algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of vasovagal syncope and related disorders. (POTS = postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome; HR = heart rate; BP = blood pressure; OH = orthostatic hypotension; HTN = hypertension; SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
Extractions: Assistant Professor (Clinical) Dr. Nerheim's clinical interests include Sympathetic nerve activity measured with microneurography in patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (planning stages). Her Research interests include cytomegalovirus as a novel risk factor for atherosclerosis, autonomic function in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, inappropriate sinus tachycardia, and stereotaxis in ablation and coronary sinus lead location. She is currently studying the Model for the study of cytomegalovirus in vascular tissue (near completion). Honors, Awards, and Organizations
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Extractions: Home About WHF Seminars Programs ... Ask the Nurse The fact that women's hearts are wired differently from men's should come as no surprise. The development of every part of the body is determined genetically, and modified by the sex hormones. The fact that we develop so similarly should really surprise us. This is also true of the electrical system of the heart in women. The way that the heart works isthrough an electrical system that we can measure on the surface with the electrocardiogram (ECG). This detects the electrical activity of the top chambers of the heart, the atria, manifest by a p wave, followed by a sharp deflection, the QRS, which represents the electrical activity of the ventricles of the heart. Following the QRS, there is a recovery interval, marked on the ECG by a hump, and the distance between the beginning of the QRS and the end of this hump, the T wave, is called the QT interval. The electrical activity we see on the surface is created by the sequential, and sometimes simultaneous, activity of a number of channels in the muscle membranes of heart tissue to allow certain ions, such a sodium, calcium, potassium, and some chemicals, such as acetylcholine, and ATP (an energy molecule) to cross into or out of the cell. The structure of these channels is determined genetically, and to some degree, their genetic expression varies with gender.
Anesthesiology Volume 93 1 2 3 Orthostatic intolerance syndrome is most often observed in young womenand has also been described as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, 1 http://www.headachepainfree.com/POTS.htm
Extractions: ORTHOSTATIC intolerance syndrome is an unusual autonomic nervous system disorder characterized by episodic or postural tachycardia that occurs independent of alterations in arterial blood pressure and is associated with symptoms that include palpitations, tremulousness, light-headedness, fatigue, and syncope.
GWS2000 POTS which is postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome where the heart rateincreases 28 beats per minute. This is also called idiopathic hypovolemia. http://www.ncf-net.org/forum/restheory.html
Autonomic Question April 1999 Any suggestions? Dr. Chelimsky postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome(POTS) is quite common in and of itself. It usually occurs http://mediswww.meds.cwru.edu/dept/autonomic/ANSQUEST/ans0499.htm
Extractions: Question 1: I have postural orthostatic tachycardia. What other disorders can this be associated with? I am taking Flurinef, which helps with the lightheadness but I am still extememly fatiuged and brain fogged. Any suggestions? Dr. Chelimsky: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is quite common in and of itself. It usually occurs after a viral syndrome ("flu") but may occur without any heralding event, or may also be inherited (check to see if you have relatives with milder similar symptoms). If there is an autonomic laboratory near where you live, it is best if the diagnosis can be confirmed by this type of testing (usually a heart nerve check, and a sweat nerve check of some type), and damage to the nerves can be excluded. This diagnosis is a SYNDROME, not a disease, and there are probably many types of diseases that lead to this set of symptoms. Depending on the reasons that the symptoms are there, the treatment would vary. If the veins are not returning blood to the heart, you need more salt loading (you should eat lots and lots of salt each day, aiming for 15 g per day). If the arteries are not constricting properly, a drug called midodrine may be helpful. Walking in the water and thigh strengthening exercises may be quite helpful in reconditioning you regardless of the cause of the problem.
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Extractions: Information on the tests for patients Assessment of symptoms Specific diagnoses Testing ... Contacting us...we're here for you and your patients! The Autonomic Laboratory at University Hospitals of Cleveland is the only facility of its kind in Ohio and surrounding states. Using state-of-the-art equipment, the lab offers non-invasive testing that evaluates abnormalities in the control of blood pressure, heart rate, urination, digestion, sexual function, and sweating. Testing, intended for patients over the age of 1, helps to diagnose a wide variety of autonomic disorders, enabling the referring physician to provide appropriate and specific treatment. Assessment of symptoms Autonomic testing will accurately and reliably establish whether the autonomic nervous system is the cause of any of the symptoms below: Syncope is due to an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system in 75 percent of patients who do not have obvious heart disease or a seizure disorder. Radicular thoracic and abdominal pain are common in diabetics or may be caused by infectious (herpes zoster) or mechanical (intervertebral disk herniation) processes. The sweat test confirms the diagnosis of radiculopathy by revealing a failure to sweat in the involved dermatome. Sexual dysfunction may be the initial manifestation of disorders affecting much of the autonomic nervous system. Autonomic function tests can directly estimate the extent of involvement of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. This is especially important in evaluating diabetics and other patients with erectile dysfunction who may have both organic and psychogenic etiologies.
Extractions: M.E. Review ... Reprint Policy Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome , Vol. 11 (1) 2003. For a 39-page excerpt of this document, which includes the diagnostic part of the ME/CFS case definition in PDF format, click here PDF files require the use of an Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have one, it is available as a free download here We also have an HTML excerpt containing comments on Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) available here The complete 109-page article "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols," J of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome , Vol. 11 (1) 2003, pp. 7-116, from which the above linked excerpt was taken, is available for a fee from the Haworth Document Delivery Service 1-800-HAWORTH . The complete article contains additional information on treatment protocols and disability issues, as well as the full references. The article can also be ordered on-line here It is summarized as follows: POST-EXERTIONAL MALAISE AND FATIGUE: There is a loss of physical and mental stamina, rapid muscular and cognitive fatigability, post-exertional fatigue, malaise and/or pain, and a tendency for other symptoms to worsen. A pathologically slow recovery period (it takes more than 24 hours to recover). Symptoms exacerbated by stress of any kind. Patient must have a marked degree of new onset, unexplained, persistent, or recurrent physical and mental fatigue that substantially reduces activity level. [Editors note: The M.E. Society prefers to use delayed recovery of muscle function, weakness, and faintness rather than fatigue. Further, we disagree that the muscle dysfunction is unexplained. See our M.E. Definitional Framework and researchers medical explanations on this website.]
