Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Symptoms

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  • Tachycardia (Grubb, 2000)
  • Lightheadedness (Grubb, 2000)
  • Dizziness (Grubb, 2000)
  • Palpitations (Grubb, 2000)
  • Exercise intolerance (Grubb, 2000)
  • Blurred Vision (Grubb, 2000)
  • Chest discomfort and/or pain (Grubb, 2000)
  • Clamminess (Grubb, 2000)
  • Fainting or near fainting (Grubb, 2000)
  • Anxiety (Grubb, 2000)
  • Flushing (Grubb, 2000)
  • Fatigue (Grubb, 2000) (which can be disabling)
  • Headache/migraine (Grubb, 2000)
  • Shortness of breath (Grubb, 2000)
  • Postprandial hypotension (Grubb, 2000) (low blood pressure after meals)
  • Blood pooling in limbs (Grubb, 2000) (can make legs feel heavy and appear mottled and purple in color)
  • Intolerance to heat (Grubb & Karas, 1999)
  • Feeling cold all over (Grubb & Karas, 1999)
  • Low blood pressure upon standing (Grubb, Kosinski, Boehm & Kip, 1997) (Some physicians feel orthostatic hypotension is a separate entity from POTS)
  • Bloating after meals (Grubb et al., 1997)
  • Cognitive impairment (Grubb et al., 1997) (may include difficulties with concentration, brain fog, memory and/or word recall)
  • Delayed gastric emptying (Grubb et al., 1997)
  • Polyuria (Jacob & Biaggioni, 1999) (excessive urination)
  • Diarrhea (Jacob & Biaggioni, 1999) (sometimes with alternating Constipation)
  • Narrowing of upright pulse pressure (Jacob & Biaggioni, 1999)
  • Tremulousness (Low, Opffer-Gehrking, Textor, Benarroch, Shen, Schondorf, Suarez & Rummans, 1995)
  • Tunnel vision (Low et al.)
  • Sleep disorders (Low et al.) (can cause unrefreshing sleep and an increased need for sleep)
  • Cold hands (Low et al.) (and often feet & nose)
  • Loss of sweating (Low et al.)
  • Hypovolemia (Low et al.) (low blood volume)
  • Chills (Low et al.)
  • High blood pressure (Low et al.)
  • Hyperventilation (Low et al.)
  • Numbness or tingling sensations (Low et al.)
  • Generalized weakness (Low et al.)
  • Reduced pulse pressure upon standing (Low et al.)
  • Low Back pain (Mathias, 2000)
  • Aching neck and shoulders (Mathias, 2000)
  • Excessive sweating (Robertson, 2000)
  • Nausea (Robertson, 2000)
  • Noise sensitivity (Stewart, 2001)
  • Light Sensitivity (Stewart, 2001)
  • Disequalibrium (Sandroni, Opfer-Gehrking, McPhee & Low, 1999)
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