Physiotherapy and exercise for POTS
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Dr Syed Ahsan
Is POTS syndrome life threatening?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
How important is diet to POTS?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
How is POTS diagnosed?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
What is the prognosis for POTS syndrome?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
How can physiotherapy help with POTS syndrome?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
Is POTS dangerous?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
How is POTS syndrome treated?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
What causes POTS syndrome?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
What are the symptoms of POTS?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
What is POTS syndrome?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
Who is a typical POTS patient?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
What causes POTS?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
Why do I get sight problems with POTS syndrome?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
Why do I get sight problems with POTS syndrome?
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Dr. Syed Ahsan
Video Description
Dr. Syed Ahsan explains that doctors are not fully sure why you might get sight problems with POTS, but more data is emerging as time goes by.
Video Transcript
POTSism can cause a multitude of symptoms. One of those includes headaches and visual disturbances. The reasons for those are not quite clear as yet, but more and more data is emerging on why patients experience those symptoms.
What is the prognosis for POTS syndrome?
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Dr. Syed Ahsan
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Dr. Syed Ahsan explains that the prognosis for POTS is really good – it causes no serious heart syndromes, and symptoms can be managed with lifestyle measures (or rarely, with medications).
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Prognosis is really good. It's not gonna cause you any serious heart problems. We can manage your symptoms with lifestyle measures and, if necessary, medications.
How can physiotherapy help with POTS?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
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Dr Syed Ahsan explains how physiotherapy can help with POTS syndrome by increasing your blood pressure and maintaining it at a stable level.
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Physiotherapy and exercises can help with POTS syndrome through increasing your blood pressure and maintaining the blood pressure a stable level and avoid the dips and troughs, which lead to patients with POTS syndrome being symptomatic and having palpitations and dizziness.
Is POTS dangerous?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
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Dr Syed Ahsan explains that POTS syndrome is dangerous, as it can cause a person to black out when they stand too quickly.
Video Transcript
POTS is not life threatening. It's a benign condition, but if it's causing you to feel very dizzy or causes you to pass out, you can, of course injure yourself and this can lead to problems. So it's important that you have adequate input and treatment for POTS.
Is POTS syndrome life threatening?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
Video Description
Wondering if POTS syndrome is life-threatening? Dr. Syed Ahsan assures viewers that it is not, but explains that treatment is about managing palpitations and stopping you from blacking out.
Video Transcript
POTS is not life-threatening. It's about dealing with the symptoms that you experience and trying to reduce the frequency of your palpitations, shortness of breath, and stop you from blacking out.
How important is diet to POTS?
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Dr. Syed Ahsan
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Dr. Syed Ahsan asserts that diet is really important for POTS syndrome, and patients are encouraged to drink 2-3 litres of fluid each day. Patients should eat small, frequent meals.
How is POTS syndrome diagnosed?
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Dr Syed Ahsan
Video Description
Dr Syed Ahsan explains that POTS syndrome is diagnosed by testing if your resting heart rate increases rapidly when going from sitting or lying down to standing.
Video Transcript
POTS is diagnosed very simply, if your resting heart rate increases significantly on standing, from sitting down or lying down. And they're clear measures as to what the change has to be. In addition, we can use other tests, such as Holter monitoring, tilt table tests, to give us a bit more...