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Whats standard infectious workup post pots diagnosis? does typical workup include lyme disease testing?

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Dr. Martin Fried answered

Specializes in Nutrition

Yes: Lyme can cause autonomic dysfunction including POTS- good idea to get tested for lyme and its coinfections such as bartonella, mycoplasma, erhlichia, anaplasma, babesia and rocky mountain spotted fever which are all tick borne infections

Answered 1/9/2015

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