Last month the world recognized Rare Disease Day on February 28th. There are medical conditions that are not rare at all, but still fall into the abysmal cracks in our healthcare system. Some might call these orphan conditions. I live with one of these conditions – postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). POTS is fairly common, […]
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CrowdMed Blog Topic: POTS
Here are all CrowdMed Blog posts on POTS. POTS is fairly common, but is rarely discussed in medical school, rarely highlighted by the media, and rarely the focus of pharmaceutical industry interest. POTS patients are rarefied in every way possible… except for the fact that there are over 1 million of us in the US alone. POTS might be the most common medical condition that no one has ever heard of.