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Pott's disease, or Pott disease, named for British surgeon Percivall Pott who first described the symptoms in 1799, [1] is tuberculosis of the spine, [2] [3] usually due to haematogenous spread from other sites, often the lungs.
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a condition characterized by an abnormally large increase in heart rate upon sitting up or standing. [1] POTS is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system that can lead to a variety of symptoms, [10] including lightheadedness, brain fog, blurred vision, weakness, fatigue, headaches, heart palpitations, exercise intolerance, nausea ...
Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky revealed she has POTS, a.k.a. postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. An expert reveals what it is & how it affects swimming.
Since POTS is an autoimmune disease, it is “more frequently” seen in people with Lupus or connective tissue diseases, von Schwarz said. “It doesn't mean that every POTS patient will have ...
Acronyms Diseases and disorders CA Cancer: CACH Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (see vanishing white matter disease) : CAD Coronary artery disease
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system, which controls body functions we often don’t think about, such as heart rate and blood pressure.
Percivall Pott, engraved from an original picture by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, National Library of Medicine, Images from the History of Medicine.. Percivall Pott (6 January 1714, in London – 22 December 1788) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen, namely chimney sweeps ...
Carotid sinus syncope is due to pressure on the carotid sinus in the neck. [2] The underlying mechanism involves the nervous system slowing the heart rate and dilating blood vessels, resulting in low blood pressure and thus not enough blood flow to the brain. [2] Diagnosis is based on the symptoms after ruling out other possible causes. [3]