POTS Syndrome

"Real Housewives" star Bethenny Frankel opens up about her health and the recent change in her appearance due to POTS syndrome.

I just want to be healthy for her, want to go on Aspen vacations and take her snowboarding, want to live a long life because I had a child later in life. I [posted a picture of myself](https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBUKsxS20O/?hl=en) to Instagram today. [the first of the clips](https://www.tiktok.com/@bethennyfrankel/video/7203532656267496747?lang=en). “I make a tremendous effort to stay hydrated, get IV’s, and I haven’t had liquor for 6 months. The journal also found signs that POTS was [linked to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pots-debilitating-heart-condition-linked-covid-lesser-degree-vaccines-rcna61226) as well, but to a much lesser degree. “Many of you are asking why my face looks different in my makeup videos, and it’s because I am messed up.

Bethenny Frankel admitted that she's 'absolutely scared' that her illness could affect her future with her 12-year-old daughter Bryn.

Bethenny called [Aspen](https://hollywoodlife.com/pics/celebrities-aspen-christmas-photos/) her “happy place” in her Instagram caption. [second video](https://www.tiktok.com/@bethennyfrankel/video/7203532656267496747?lang=en), a [makeup-free](https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/08/09/bethenny-frankel-shades-kim-kardashians-skincare-video/) Bethenny explained that her disorder “has really gotten much worse since [COVID](https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/celebrities-with-coronavirus-disease-3966010/).” She described her sickness as a “beast,” saying, “Not every single day. [next video](https://www.tiktok.com/@bethennyfrankel/video/7203534259561237806?lang=en), Bethenny got emotional as she mentioned how this illness could affect her future with her 12-year-old daughter [Bryn](https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/03/23/bethenny-frankel-daughter-bryn-pink-dress-la-photo/). [photo](https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-Qmolr80C/) of herself wearing snowboarding gear, seemingly taken by Bryn who she co-parents with her ex-husband Jason Hoppy. Despite the health issues, Bethenny’s been making the most out of her trip to Aspen with her daughter. I want to live a long life, because I had a child later in life.

Real Housewives of New York Star Bethenny Frankel took to Instagram to tell her fans about her ongoing struggle with POTS syndrome after some recent ...

Frankel has postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), where an excessively reduced volume of blood returns to the heart after a person stands up from a ...

"I make a tremendous effort to stay hydrated, get IV's, and I haven't had liquor for 6 months. Altitude and a dry climate (in my favorite place in the world to do my favorite sport) present additional challenges." So I wake up every 2 hours in such pain and dying of thirst so it's of my body won't hold on to it. "There were some comments about my face looking different in recent videos, so here is why. This is an auto-immune disorder that seems to have been drastically exacerbated since While it can affect anyone, 80 percent of patients are women between 15 and 50, according to Dysautonomia International, a nonprofit advocacy organization.

Former Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel responded to commentators who said her face was “looking different.” Find out how her battle ...

"I make a tremendous effort to stay hydrated, get IV's and I haven't had liquor for 6 months," Bethenny added. When you comment on someone's physical appearance, you may not know exactly what they're enduring personally, physically and emotionally," she said. "I suffer from chronic severe dehydration," she explained.

'I'm so dehydrated and riddled with aches and pains' the reality TV star says.

“I just want to be healthy for her, want to go on Aspen vacations and take her snowboarding. She noted that her followers had been asking why her “face looks different in [her] makeup videos” and shared that the change in physical appearance was due to the state of her [health](/topic/health). “Given my health issues, the altitude and dehydration are real. The condition is relatively common and affects about one to three million people in America. “I make a tremendous effort to stay hydrated, get IV’s, and I haven’t had liquor for 6 months. And although she said that she’s “always experienced extremely low blood pressure and dehydration, it’s gotten exponentially worse”.

RHONY alum Bethenny Frankel is explaining why her face looks different & "messed up," as she says it's due to a flareup of her POTS Syndrome.

I am not an expert but it is an absolute fact that post-COVID, this thing is a beast. This is a beast.” “I posted a picture of myself today on Instagram. “My real thing is the terror of just not being healthy for my daughter. [@bethennyfrankel]I never do this but I don’t want to seem like I always have it under control. “Many of you are asking why my face looks different in my makeup videos and it’s because I am messed up,” Bethenny began in a February 23 post on Instagram.

Former 'RHONY' star Bethenny Frankel addressed fan comments about her appearance, saying she is “not doing that great” as she deals with symptoms of POTS.

Former Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel responded to commentators who said her face was “looking different.” Find out how her battle ...

[For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! When you comment on someone's physical appearance, you may not know exactly what they're enduring personally, physically and emotionally," she said. "I make a tremendous effort to stay hydrated, get IV's and I haven't had liquor for 6 months," Bethenny added. "PS. "I suffer from chronic severe dehydration," she explained. [Cleveland Clinic](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16560-postural-orthostatic-tachycardia-syndrome-pots).