Patient is almost misdiagnosed with POTS

[Sarah Tee]

This article is behind a paywall, but I believe you can read one article for free if you haven’t already used up your freebies recently:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/magazine/long-covid-symptoms-hyperthyroidism.html

Hmm, the URL unfortunately gives away the mystery! Oh well.

It is interesting that POTS is now in doctors’ minds enough to be postulated as a diagnosis. Sadly, the initial doctors in this piece did not seem to take a good look at the patient’s symptoms as a whole, although not being seen in person may have complicated things.