Does Illness Trigger POTS Symptoms?

When you guys get sick, does your pots flare? Like resting heart is higher, then of course when getting up it’s wY worse? Anyone try iv fluids either?

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alovell32

2y ago

yes, any change of pressure or my body puts me into a flare. personally i only resort to iv fluids when my symptoms are bad enough to go to the ER however i drink up to 4 liquid iv’s ontop of more water and salt when im sick to help prevent it getting to the point of iv fluids

MmChickadee

2y ago

Yes! It is normally the worst part of getting sick!

Lew_Bear

2y ago

Yes! And it’s so much harder to get it back under control even once I’m better.

yellow.sloth

2y ago

I'm dealing with this right now. Super sucks. All I'm doing is keeping the water and electrolytes up and trying to take it easy, but make sure I'm not laying around all day.

hazyeclipse

2y ago

I rarely get sick, but last time I did (just a mild cold) I woke up with a resting heart rate in the 150s-160s and it wouldn't go down all day. Was not pleasant

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