They're young and athletic. They're also ill with a condition called POTS.

Since covid-19, diagnoses have increased, researchers and doctors report

Apr 11, 20241

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A catcher for the women's softball team at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla., was diagnosed with the medical condition POTS. A disproportionate number of POTS patients are young, highly trained female athletes. (Martina Tuaty for The Washington Post)

Kaleigh Levine was running drills in the gym with her lacrosse team at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio, when everything turned black.

"The coach wanted me to get back in the line, but I couldn't see," she remembered.

Her vision returned after a few minutes, but several months and a half-dozen medical specialists later, the 20-year-old goalie was diagnosed with a mysterious condition known as POTS.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04/10/pots-medical-condition-athletes-covid-pandemic/

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CaptObvious writes:

I wonder how many suffering from POTS are unvaccinated and might have gotten a worse form of COVID that caused this. Someone needs to ask these youths their vax status.

04/11/2024, 6:58 pm