Standing heart rates reveal overlap between long COVID and POTS

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Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and a racing heart. They're commonly associated with long COVID, but new Adelaide University research suggests that for some people, these symptoms may also be indications of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a debilitating and difficult-to-diagnose condition.

Conducted in partnership with SAHMRI, the study compared heart rate changes, symptoms and immune profiles among people with POTS, long COVID and healthy participants, finding that almost two-thirds (62.5%) of the long COVID participants also met the diagnostic criteria for POTS.