Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome can be an incredibly dehabilitating part of many people's Long Covid experience.
In episode 5 of our expert interview series, Dr Asad Khan and I talk to Dr Nick Gall, consultant cardiologist and one of the UK's leading specialists on the condition, discussing how it is diagnosed, treated, what the prognosis is and much more.
REFERENCES:
POTS UK
www.potsuk.org
CONTENTS:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 About Dr Gall
2:16 POTS in LC a surprise?
3:31 Range of cardiac complications in LC
4:35 Range of presenting symptoms
9:27 Scale of impact
12:35 Scientific understanding
18:23 Pre-covid POTS presentation
21:47 Treatments and efficacy
30:00 Patients’ self advocacy
32:55 Efficacy of alternative medicine
36:50 Limited role of anxiety
40:30 Prognosis
44:20 Will GP’s prescribe?
49:30 Ideal research study
55:00 One piece of advice
4 июл 2024