Famous Patients
A notable sufferer of orthostatic intolerance is Greg Page, from The Wiggles. It is due to this illness that Greg chose to leave the group in 2006. He went on to create his own fund for OI, to help fund research into this little known disorder. Greg recovered sufficiently to announce his return to The Wiggles in 2012.
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—Richard Louv (20th century)
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—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)