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Most POTS patients are told their symptoms are psychiatric before anyone checks their heart rate. Here’s why it happens, what to ask for instead, and how to get the right test.
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Most POTS patients are told their symptoms are psychiatric before anyone checks their heart rate. Here’s why it happens, what to ask for instead, and how to get the right test.
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