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Blood pressure in head when bending down

Ball123

I have trouble bending down. Like tying my shoes etc. It feels like all my blood rushes to my head and making it explode (a bit exaggerat...

4 answers | 1 comment

Can dysautonomia cause exercise induced double vision?

Rachl80

I am a 40 year old woman and recently started experiencing 60 second or less episodes of binocular double vision while engaging in intens...

Almost 2 years, no diagnosis, please help!

Lennon_21

I've been suffering disabling symptoms for over 18 months and am no closer to being diagnosed. I was 19 years old when I was struck by su...

3 answers | 2 comments

What causes Dysautonomia/POTS to randomly pop up?

jmr106

37 year old Caucausian male, 5'8 and 150 pounds. Fit and muscular for all of my life. It started back in December of 2019. I was getting...

3 answers | 4 comments

Has anyone had thinning skin over their port catheter and tube to the jugular?

Sarahgracesc

I’ve had my port since May or June 2020. I have had issues with tagaderm, switched to IV3000, and then found a prep for the tagaderm. If ...

Systemic autonomic dysfunction- need advice!

KaleyCB

Hello! A year ago I was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy but now we don’t know if they’re non epileptic or epileptic seizures. My MR...

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