Falling Short
According to the leading advocacy organization Dysautonomia International, there are around 40 million Americans living with autonomic disorders.
But there are only 56 board-certified autonomic disorder specialists across the country. In rural areas like the Northwoods, that disparity is felt acutely by so many struggling for adequate treatment.
“Falling Short: POTS Treatment in the Northwoods” is a three-part series on WXPR.
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People with POTS and other accompanying conditions have struggled to get the right treatments, and that’s had huge repercussions, particularly for those prescribed opioids. -
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