A mystery condition with symptoms that began to surface at age 9 for a now Sault teenager became progressively worse and forced her to become bedridden and made normal everyday things almost impossible to do.
18-year old Emily Wilkinson says there became a point in which she couldn’t stand for more than a minute as she dealt with major dizziness, tremors, heart palpitations, severe fatigue, body pain, fainting and both sensory and heat sensitivity among other ailments.
Wilkinson says there is a lack of awareness in the world of the condition known as Dysautonomia—specifically she has what’s known as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia.
It wasn’t until 2-years ago that she was diagnosed in Hamilton…

The increased heart rate was caused by a faulty autonomic nervous system that causes blood to pool in the legs.
The former Korah student says there is a lack of awareness of the condition Dysautonomia and because of that it takes time to diagnose it…

Around the world, October is Dysautonomia Awareness Month and she wants to do her part to spread awareness.
She will also be attending a future city council meeting for a proclamation.