Nicola Blackwood

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Nicola Blackwood is a British politician and former MP for the Conservative party.[1] She represented the constituency of Oxford West and Abingdon (to the West of London) in the UK parliament from 2010 to 2017. She was diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) when she was 15 becoming housebound when she was 17. In addition to ME, she was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). [2]

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People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS

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  1. ↑ "Nicola Blackwood, former MP, Oxford West and Abingdon - TheyWorkForYou". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nicola Blackwood: I'm battling a genetic mobility condition". Oxford Mail. Retrieved November 23, 2018.

See postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) - A form of orthostatic intolerance where the cardinal symptom is excessive tachycardia due to changing position (e.g. from lying down to sitting up).

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