A new study has tied POTS, a rare and debilitating heart condition, to COVID infection, and, to a lesser degree, COVID vaccination.
Dec. 13, 2022 – A rare and debilitating heart condition known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, was one of the first post-COVID health disorders that puzzled doctors early in the pandemic. One of the hallmark symptoms is feeling dizzy, tired, or faint while standing. Now, a new study confirms a link between POTS and COVID-19 infection.
Researchers did separate analyses to find out how often POTS occurred after vaccination and after COVID-19 infection of patients in the Cedars-Sinai Health System in California from 2020 to 2022. For the COVID-19 infection portion of the study, data for 12,460 patients who had not been vaccinated were analyzed.
Prior to the pandemic, POTS was a poorly understood disorder, affecting 1 to 3 million people in the U.S., usually women. It is not life threatening, although there is a dangerous risk of falling while fainting, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. While its hallmark symptom affects heart rate, it is a nervous system disorder.
The Cedars-Sinai study authors said POTS as a result of vaccination or COVID-19 infection appeared to respond to typical treatment, such as managing hydration, taking salt tablets, exercise, and wearing compression socks.
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