• Zarobi@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    If your heart bpm increases by 20 when standing, get checked for POTS. This is not normally

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      2 days ago

      Yeah, that gets done every so often in my check ups. Usually an “in case we missed it last time” thing.

      Dunno why someone downvoted you; POTS is common and one of the key symptoms is black outs getting up too quickly. It’s kinda like that with and fatigue or dizziness/balance, you get checked.

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        2 days ago

        I always remove my own default upvote because I’m weird like that. I like things starting at 0