page_title: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
section_title: Treatment
hierarchical_section_title: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome / Treatment
caption_attribution_description: Mujer corriendo en una bicicleta reclinada en Currituck, NC. Octubre 2007
context_page_description: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a medical problem. When a person has POTS, their heart beats faster than normal when they stand up. POTS may also cause many other symptoms.
context_section_description: There are many different treatments for the symptoms of POTS.  Some of these treatments include:
  Drinking a lot of water (this increases the amount of fluid in the body, which helps blood get to the heart more easily)
  Eating a high-salt diet (this helps keep fluid in the body and helps people with POTS from getting dehydrated)
  Getting exercise, especially exercise like recumbent bicycling (bicycling while lying back, which prevents symptoms caused by being upright)
  Using compression stockings (very tight socks) to keep blood from pooling in the legs
  Avoiding things that can make POTS worse, like getting dehydrated, exercising too much, eating large meals, drinking alcohol, or getting too hot
  No medications have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to treat POTS.  However, sometimes doctors treat POTS with medications that:
  Prevent the body from losing salt;
  Raise blood pressure; and/or
  Keep the heart from pumping too fast.
caption: A woman riding a recumbent bicycle.  Because it allows people to lie back while exercising, recumbent bicycling is often suggested for people with POTS
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