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Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): All That You Need to Know
This book entitled "Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): All That You Need to Know" will surely help readers to discover more about this condition. Each page of this book will guide you through the ABC's of the syndrome and how it can be managed. Through this book, discover the history and conception of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome and how medical practitioners have been dealing with it over the past years. Be educated about POTS in the simplest terms and know who are mostly affected by it. This will help you become more aware of this condition and be of help to those loved ones that may be suffering from it. Here, you will learn about what causes POTS and the common conditions that are associated with the syndrome. You will also be able to understand the classification of POTS and its specific effects on different age groups. Postural Tachycardia Syndrome is one of the most often misdiagnosed conditions right now. So in this book, you will be taught about the symptoms of a person who might be suffering from POTS. Discover how these symptoms vary from each individual and to different age clusters. Moreover, this book will teach you about the triggers of POTS and the basic solutions for the symptoms experienced by POTS patients. Other helpful topics from this book include the criteria that one must fulfill in order to be diagnosed with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, and the various tests to use in confirming the diagnosis like the Tilt-Table Test and Catecholamine test. As being diagnosed with POTS is life changing to its sufferers, you will also be taught here about the different life adjustments patients could practice in order to continue being functional. This will help you to know how you can contribute to the patients' day to day welfare. This is will be a great help for those diagnosed with POTS or people who have loved ones with POTS. Lastly, this book will also guide you on knowing about POTS medications, their possible side effects, and how to prevent them or at least lessen their blows on patients. This is necessary because medication and treatment for those with POTS are a little bit hard and complicated since it affects each person differently. This will definitely help people who want to help others diagnosed with POTS, people who are looking after someone who have POTS, and most especially POTS patients themselves. Know the basics about this syndrome and be an agent in helping patients who are having a hard time fighting this condition. Remember that it is always good to be ready in case you meet a patient that might need help. Thank you for reading this book and enjoy!
84 pages, Paperback
Published June 9, 2016
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July 6, 2023
This is a book about POTs Syndrome and contains informations about symptoms, diagnosing and treatments of the condition.
Pros for this book: It did have some good information within it. And was laid out in easy to understand chapters.
Cons: The information could’ve been found by any solid google searching. The information was repeated several times. The same sentences were copy and pasted many times. Along with several spelling, grammar and incorrect word usages throughout the book.
The author did not establish any credibility with the subject matter. (What makes this person an expert? How did they do their research? What sources did they use to find this information?) And the more the author wrote the more I could tell this author has no experience in the medical field or with this condition.
Which made any amount of advice offered or information given become discounted because they didn’t even provide the sources or how this person knows what it is like to live with this condition.
Pros for this book: It did have some good information within it. And was laid out in easy to understand chapters.
Cons: The information could’ve been found by any solid google searching. The information was repeated several times. The same sentences were copy and pasted many times. Along with several spelling, grammar and incorrect word usages throughout the book.
The author did not establish any credibility with the subject matter. (What makes this person an expert? How did they do their research? What sources did they use to find this information?) And the more the author wrote the more I could tell this author has no experience in the medical field or with this condition.
Which made any amount of advice offered or information given become discounted because they didn’t even provide the sources or how this person knows what it is like to live with this condition.
January 9, 2026
Do not read this. It was aggressively bad. Also who wrote this? Like what credentials do they have? If it hadn’t been published in 2016 I would swear it was AI
August 14, 2017
Not worth the time and £2.
A confusing and annoying read. If you can get past the spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and boggling format, you may gain some information from this book.
Even though there are snippets of information, the author jumps from simple repetitive sentences to scientific medical jargon without warning, explanations or references. The book reads like a first draft essay by a teenager. I at first found myself correcting words, sentences and paragraphs before it became apparent that the whole book was like this and I'm not marking this as a teacher would.
All in all, a poor effort.
Information can be found easier and a lot more concise online. I recommend www.potsuk.org to start with.
A confusing and annoying read. If you can get past the spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and boggling format, you may gain some information from this book.
Even though there are snippets of information, the author jumps from simple repetitive sentences to scientific medical jargon without warning, explanations or references. The book reads like a first draft essay by a teenager. I at first found myself correcting words, sentences and paragraphs before it became apparent that the whole book was like this and I'm not marking this as a teacher would.
All in all, a poor effort.
Information can be found easier and a lot more concise online. I recommend www.potsuk.org to start with.
February 5, 2021
This is only a short book that you could read in 1 hour or less. However you could probably find more information doing your own research in that time this really only covers the very basics.
April 11, 2024
Informative, but nothing that a good doctor wouldn't have already told you.
March 23, 2025
WARNING --- Readers be Aware: This book is self-published (Content Arcade Publishing is NOT Arcade Publishing) and feels like it's written by an AI. Not only is the author name not attached to anything but widely variable topics, but it has bad grammar, no flow, has repetition, and the descriptions definitely don't have human elements to it sometimes. And that's just scratching the surface of the problems that this book has.
The book's description says "Have you ever experienced an abnormal increase in heart rate when changing from a SUPINE position to an UPRIGHT position?" (Who uses 'supine' for an introductory book...? It's a term that's less common.) And then, in chapter 1, it says, "Standing is one of the simplest daily routines which have been around FOR MANY YEARS." (Full capitalization was used for emphasis.) Which... seems off/weird, doesn't it? The writing is clunky and there's even misspelled words including "POSTS" instead of "POTS" when it talks about how people with this condition should avoid energy drinks. There's no scientific background, citations, resources, or support for anything the book is saying. It also mischaracterizes other conditions and information for POTS.
Sure, some information may be correct, but it's impossible to know what to really believe and not if you don't already have some knowledge about this condition and information surrounding it. There's no credibility to this book.
Please do yourself a favor and find a book or resource with correct information to help you or your loved one on your medical journey (or for education on POTS). Be safe out there, folks.
The book's description says "Have you ever experienced an abnormal increase in heart rate when changing from a SUPINE position to an UPRIGHT position?" (Who uses 'supine' for an introductory book...? It's a term that's less common.) And then, in chapter 1, it says, "Standing is one of the simplest daily routines which have been around FOR MANY YEARS." (Full capitalization was used for emphasis.) Which... seems off/weird, doesn't it? The writing is clunky and there's even misspelled words including "POSTS" instead of "POTS" when it talks about how people with this condition should avoid energy drinks. There's no scientific background, citations, resources, or support for anything the book is saying. It also mischaracterizes other conditions and information for POTS.
Sure, some information may be correct, but it's impossible to know what to really believe and not if you don't already have some knowledge about this condition and information surrounding it. There's no credibility to this book.
Please do yourself a favor and find a book or resource with correct information to help you or your loved one on your medical journey (or for education on POTS). Be safe out there, folks.
October 23, 2023
It was a good starting point, but I don't think it is "all I need to know"...maybe for some people, but for me, I like to have a really thorough understanding of my body and what it is going through and why. This large pamphlet really just gave me some basic information with some good general tips...but nothing real concrete. I understand that each person diagnosed with POTS may not experience everything that someone else does, but I think a more indepth reading about POTS is warranted if you truly want to know more about why your body is doing what it is and how to deal with those difficult symptoms.
July 29, 2020
Too basic
More of a pamphlet than a book. No personal stories or examples which I would have liked to read about. Some medical information also seem inaccurate with quite a lot of spelling mistakes
More of a pamphlet than a book. No personal stories or examples which I would have liked to read about. Some medical information also seem inaccurate with quite a lot of spelling mistakes
December 8, 2021
Very insightful!
Thank you for putting all of the pertinent information together in one place for POTS patients. This book taught me some information about my syndrome that I wasn’t aware of.
Thank you for putting all of the pertinent information together in one place for POTS patients. This book taught me some information about my syndrome that I wasn’t aware of.
January 22, 2022
Quick read, good content
The font is difficult to read and my reader would.not.allow.me to change it. The content was a good overview and starting point for research.
The font is difficult to read and my reader would.not.allow.me to change it. The content was a good overview and starting point for research.
October 12, 2022
Great and easy to read info. Just could have used some editing for grammar and correct words but i was able to decipher.
January 30, 2025
Good information. Help me understand what POTS is
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