{"id":75599,"date":"2024-08-10T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f7e4b5bc321eecdd50e0560ce370c1bc"},"modified":"2024-08-10T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T13:00:10","slug":"what-is-pots-the-disease-affecting-olympic-swimmer-katie-ledecky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/what-is-pots-the-disease-affecting-olympic-swimmer-katie-ledecky\/","title":{"rendered":"What is POTS, the disease affecting Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
After nearly a decade of keeping it under wraps, Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky has shared her POTS diagnosis<\/u><\/span> with the world.<\/p>\n The athlete, who has won 14 Olympic medals for swimming, the most of any female Olympian, said she has POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome).<\/p>\n In “Just Add Water: My Swimming Life,” Ledecky’s new memoir<\/span>, which was published by Simon & Schuster in June, she wrote that the disease can cause “dizziness, fainting and exhaustion.”<\/p>\n US OLYMPIAN SAMMY SULLIVAN SAYS ARMY SERVICE HELPED HER WIN BRONZE MEDAL FOR RUGBY<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Here’s more. <\/p>\n POTS is a disturbance in the autonomic nervous system<\/u><\/span>, which controls some of the normal regulatory functions of the body, according to Dr. Blair Grubb, a cardiologist and expert on POTS at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.<\/p>\nWhat is POTS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n