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Hi all,

It seems that my disability insurance company has no clue what NCS or POTS does. I have been advised to mail them documentation explaining the condition with specific information as to how "objective findings" (ie very low blood pressure, alternating tachycardia and bradycardia etc) affect day to day life and create a disabling situation. I have found many links explaining the condition but none explaining why it makes me so extremely fatigued, or why it causes headaches and brain fog etc. If anyone has any links available I would really appreciate it!

Thanks!

Lisa

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Lisa, please see the primary dinet site at

http://www.dinet.org

you can then print the citations from each section on

overview

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Research Foundation Patient Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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and detection

s

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Research Foundation Patient Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

7. Grubb, B. P., & Karas, B. (1999) Clinical disorders of the autonomic nervous

system associated with orthostatic intolerance. Pacing and Clinical

Electrophysiology, 22, 798-810.

Full text: http://www.ndrf.org/disorders.PDF

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Just a few for your insurance company :D Nina

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You are welcome! Here, also, are all my personal links from medical resources on the web. You may have to scout around for more info than what I've given you, but NIH and NINDS are some of the most respected sources, along with PubMed and MedLine. Some may not be relevant to you...others might be useful.

http://www.ndrf.org/NDRFHandbook.htm

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/...lcode=strokeaha

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00069693?order=4

http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/term=Dysautonomia

http://ameswalker.com/amwalsigcol.html

http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/syncope/tiltfaq.html

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/masto.htm

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20031215/2393.html

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medica...rthosta_doc.htm

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medica...dysauto_doc.htm

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/h...onomia_2002.htm

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/adc/oi.html

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_hom...h023/ch023a.jsp

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disor...rthostatic.html

http://www.gpda.net/page12.html

http://home.att.net/%7Epotsweb/POTS.html

http://www.orthop.washington.edu/arthritis...ehlersdanlos/01

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/default.htm

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui

http://www.ehlers-danlos.org/

http://www.ahmf.org/01burnet.html

http://www.motilitysociety.org/

http://www.top5plus5.com/Pancreas/Sphincte...Dysfunction.htm

http://www2.rpa.net/~lrandall/webdoc3.htm#locate

http://www.co-cure.org/Good-Doc.htm

http://www.coolsport.net/index2.html

http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/1/132

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...t_uids=12734133

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/adc/autonomic.html

http://www.medhelp.org/perl6/neuro/archive/12877.html

http://www.mssm.edu/neurology/autodis/disorders/paf/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...6&dopt=Abstract

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2419.htm...n~differentials

http://ednf.org/nosology.html

http://www.mychronicillness.com/invisibleillness/home.htm

http://www.nfra.net/SpinSten.htm

http://www.childrensheartinstitute.org/

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medica...ia_syndrome.htm

http://webschoolsolutions.com/patts/systems/nervous.htm

http://www.myida.org/

http://www.mychronicillness.com/invisibleillness/home.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic332.htm

http://www.spinalinjury.net/html/_anatomy_...al_cord_co.html

http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/s.../systemic2.html

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/sec...ter182/182b.jsp

http://www.nfra.net/SpinSten.htm

http://www.nfra.net/Stenos2.htm

http://www.nfra.net/Stenos3.htm

http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/cgi-bi...1000&LastLogin=

Happy surfing! Nina :D

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Just a question...does anyone really know why???? If you do, please enlighten me!

I just know what POTS and dyautonomia is and that it can make you feel all of these things!!

Love,

Kristin

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Kristin, for some people, yes, they do understand "why". Most, however, don't know why--doctors are still doing research on this. For the current understanding of the known reasons "why", see the DINET site sections listed under "causes" and "mecanisms".

http://www.dinet.org

Nina

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