How to Diagnose POTS. POTS, which stands for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, is a condition in which your body has trouble responding to sudden changes in position (known as postural changes).http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar...
Structure of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a central intermediate in energy metabolism. Metabolism (from Greek: Î¼ÎµÏÎ±Î²Î¿Î»Î® metabolÄ, change) is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of living organisms.
Metabolic refers to the body's chemical processes that produce protein and other substances, and break down nutrients to release energy. Tay-Sachs disease is a metabolic disorder because it is caused by the absence of the enzyme (a type of protein) hexosaminidase A (Hex-A). Hex-A is necessary for breaking down fatty substances called lipids. Without Hex-A, these lipids build up in, and eventually destroy, the nerve cells in the brain.