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A member asked:

If you have pots syndrome is there and underlying cause of something else wrong needing to be investigated? i'm reading everywhere that there is

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No: No one knows the cause of pots. It is over-diagnosed and a current fad. Assuming you truly have pots, it should be treated for symptom control only.

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Answered 12/23/2015

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