For our April Zoom Meeting I am pleased to announce that our speaker will be Emily Bland who is a volunteer with PoTS UK. PoTS is a fairly common comorbidity with both ME/CFS and Long Covid. It is also a condition that is sometimes misdiagnosed by medical professionals as ME/CFS.

From PoTS UK Website:-

“Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) can be a life altering and debilitating health condition.

Simply standing up can be a challenge for affected people as their body is unable to adjust to gravity.

PoTS is due to an abnormal response by the autonomic (automatic) nervous system and is characterised by orthostatic intolerance (the development of symptoms when upright that are mostly relieved by lying down).

Symptoms include palpitations, lightheadedness, fatigue, sweating, nausea, fainting and headaches, and are associated with a persistent increase in heart rate from the lying to upright position.”

Emily is a Syncope & Fatigue Specialist and her website is exphysem.com and PoTS UK’s website is https://www.potsuk.org/

As usual this will be at 10.30am for 11am. Everyone welcome. If you are new to Zoom, want to access via telephone or want any assistance in advance to fully participate then do reach out to us.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7771165459…Meeting ID: 777 116 5459Passcode: smeg

If you missed this session and would like to watch the recording then please either use the contact form on this website or email Ben or Fiona and we can share the recording with you. We generally keep recordings for 3-6 months after the session.