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2007 Mayo Pots Study Autoimmune/neuropathy/hyper


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Looks like mayo rochester does that right testing at least. This study also reflects what members are posting about their symptoms. That 29% are hyperadrengic which is more then grubbs group and is closer also to what we see posted here.

In this study, the Mayo clinic speculates that most POTS types are in fact autoimmune/neuropathic, and that hypovolemic and hyperadrenergic types are compensatory mechanisms:

Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Mar;82(3):308-13.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: the Mayo clinic experience.

Thieben MJ, Sandroni P, Sletten DM, Benrud-Larson LM, Fealey RD, Vernino S, Lennon VA, Shen WK, Low PA.

Autonomic Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA.

Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2007 Dec;9(6):471-2.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence and pathogenetic mechanisms of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of patients with POTS seen at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, from January 1, 1993, through December 31, 2003. All patients were required to have had a full autonomic reflex screen. The results of the following additional tests were evaluated: thermoregulatory sweat test, plasma catecholamine measurement, serum ganglionic (a3) acetylcholine receptor antibody detection, and 24-hour urinary sodium measurement.

RESULTS: We identified 152 patients (86.8% female; mean +/- SD age, 30.2+/-10.3 years) with a mean duration of symptoms of 4.1 years. The mean orthostatic heart rate increment was 44 beats/min. Half the patients had sudomotor abnormalities (apparent on both the quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test and thermoregulatory sweat test), and 34.9% had significant adrenergic impairment, indicating that at least half of the patients had a neuropathic pattern of POTS. In 13.8% of patients, onset was subacute, and ganglionic acetylcholine receptor antibody was detected in 14.6%, suggesting an autoimmune origin in at least 1 in 7 patients. Hyperadrenergic status was documented in 29.0% of patients (standing plasma norepinephrine level 2600 pg/mL), and at least 28.9% were presumably hypovolemic (24-hour urinary sodium level <100 mEq/24h). The lack of correlation between urinary sodium and standing norepinephrine levels suggests that mechanisms other than hypovolemia accounted for the hyperadrenergic state.

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest a neuropathic basis for at least half the cases of POTS and that a substantial percentage of cases may be autoimmune. Hyperadrenergic and hypovolemic correlates are likely compensatory or exacerbating.

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CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest a neuropathic basis for at least half the cases of POTS and that a substantial percentage of cases may be autoimmune. Hyperadrenergic and hypovolemic correlates are likely compensatory or exacerbating.

I agree. I don't think it's a coincidence that so many of us have neuropathy - which you shouldn't get unless you're diabetic, have an illness that commonly causes neuropathy, or you're old. Not so delicately put, but I think true.

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