fainting mayo

s not heart related, been to neurologists, been to mayo in Rochester, no answers. Is there anybody else who can relate to this?

Ok so last October I started uni and became ill with glandular fever. I started suffering from regular faints (3 or 4 times a week) and the doctor ran a lot of tests to check it wasn't my heart or head or anything. He also checked for Addison's disease. My ECG showed that my heart rate was slightly irregular but apparently that's fairly common. Anyway, I began to get really fatigued and in January I was "diagnosed" with M.

What in the world is the difference? Every time I end up in a different hospital they call my fainting something else. (Each time they get my records from each other). As of yet there remains to be no ryhme or reason why I went from the occasional fainting to a wheel chair so that I could leave my bed and crawling to the bathroom behind!!! Any thoughts???

The dr at the hospital told me I should follow up with Mayo clinic as the EP suggested, so I put in a call to get an appointment and genetic testing. I have a lifelong history of fainting & arrhythmia's, 2009 enlarged heart (cardiomegaly), 2004 SoB started that worsened in 2010 to laying down, edema in my hands & ankles/feet. I wasn't aware that HOCM could cause polymorphic VT, maybe that's caused by something else - no cause was found.

Otherwise, healthy with no family history or sudden death or fainting. I was put in Nadolol only take 10mg for now for my prolonged QTc on some of my ecg till I see An EP at Mayo. Also waiting to do genetic testing. I was heading out yesterday and started to feel a bit lightheaded and I sat down. Then heat started in my head and chest. I checked my pulse for about 3 seconds and there was no beat. I started to freak out and then I felt it. But I really though I was going to die.

I have OH & OI also and other conditions in the Dysautonomia umbrella. I;ve also had arrhythmia's and fainting episodes since I was 9 and have episodes of different things pretty much daily. A tilt table test may tell them if you have it or not but I have read some patients do not get a positive test result at first. Do you have any problems with your bp, dizziness or fainting episodes? I would suggest you getting your TTT done; get the results and see what it says.

I was dx'd with POTS 2 yrs ago when I began having fainting spells. I also had a severely compressed spinal cord which required a 7 cervical fusion 1 yr ago - which seemed to help in stopping the fainting spells. Well, the spells are back to the point of passing out - just recently I had a 48hr heart monitor results should be in 7 to 10 days.

Can you tell me what the "gold" standard of diagnosing HOCM or Obstructed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is? I've been reading about it and it seems to be a very difficult disease to diagnose. Can it cause Polymorphic VT episodes? I had several tests that showed I had many problems which have gone unexplained and local doctors have not been able to find the answers.

I am 17 years old and was diagnosed with autonomic dysfunction in feb. I got it under control for a month but now it's worse than ever. I have pain, fainting, nausea, and absolutely cannot sleep. I need help. I don't know how to get it under control and I'm really just starting to feel hopeless. Any suggestions?

I do not have a pacemaker, but it has been discussed as an option for me in the past. Do you have NCS? Is your specialist considering a pacemaker to help control your symptoms? Depending upon the exact mechanism of the patients symptoms, a pacemaker may help to eliminate some fainting episodes. Though, I wouldn't expect it to eliminate all symptoms. It could, but it won't necessarily because the patients blood pressure could still crash. Dysautonomia Specialists: http://www.

The real litmus test for POTS is in your standing BP/heart rate. What you want is to find a hospital that can give you a tilt table test. They don't necessarily have to specialize in dysautonomia (you can look for that later if the tilt comes back positive). I also recommend getting a blood pressure cuff at home and taking regular lying, sitting, and standing readings. (Make sure you get one that does BP and heart rate.

Muscle jerking is very common during a fainting or near-fainting episode. It is also common for people to faint after a meal. If she continues to have these episodes, then I think you should inquire about having a tilt table test. You can find out more information about this here: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/disorders/electric/syncope.aspx Goodluck.

I have a question about my dx. I was dx with CIS in September of 2009. I am still not better. I was just wandering if this sounds like MS stuff or more like a stroke. Because one of the neurologists I've seen still swears it's a stroke but all the other dr's (including Mayo Clinic) is saying CIS of MS. But I'm not understanding why I'm not getting better. Its just frustrating b/c I'm 25. I get severe vertigo when I drive so I haven't drove since September.

Or, put otherwise, what testing DID Mayo do, and what were the results? What specialty/specialties were you seen by at Mayo (e.g. cardiology, neurology, immunology)? Did you mention your concern about dysautonomia, or was this something you only learned about after your evaluation at Mayo?

Both repeated the problem, same situations, and the doctor simply suggested a little coffee before showering as the warm water combined with being run down equaled fainting. Our family has a history of very slow heart beats. After drinking a bit of coffee, no more fainting spells.

I finally had the surgery and within 2 days I was vomiting while having diarreah at the same time and sometimes fainting. The Dr. said well, it must be your gall bladder so I had it removed 6 weeks after my nissan fundoplitation surgery. The vomiting, diarreah, fainting still continued. The surgeon me told me to go to the gastroenterologist and vice versa. Neither said they could help they tried everything. I literally thought I would die.

He is however 46 and healthy. So that is a good sign, right? I have only had one incidence of fainting and that was when I was pregnant and had not eaten much that day and I fainted. Hospital said it was syncope due to not eating and dehydration. So I left it at that. It was not until I found my best friend dead on my couch that I started to have anxiety. Never had this problem before. The internet is a scary place. i wish I would have never educated myself so much on the heart.

where I have rapid heart beat, body shakes, hyper ventilating, lose awareness (almost like fainting symptoms), dizzy, light headed, and I get a flush feeling over my body. I have no warning and no time to take action before they happen, I can sometimes have one or have them back to back. I can go months without one or have them constantly, I’ve had two node ablations, insertion and removal of loop recorder, none of which have solved my problems.

for 6 yrs have had near fainting episodes while cheering for my sons football games, at one point almost called 911) My primary sent me to the ER and Dr. there mentioned MS, then went to first neurologist who after negative MRI's put me on Cymbalta for the neuropathies and said he didn't have a diagnosis nor were there any other tests to be done. Then in early Dec my daughter was competing state gymnastics, of course I was cheering and had near fainting.

I think one of the main issues some people have with Mayo is its conservative approach to treatment. Mayo claims that in early MS with mild symptoms, no treatment is necessary. This flies in the face of what is generally agreed to by other MS facilities, that treating MS early provides patients with the best chance of slowing down the disease process, minimizing the number of releases in RRMS, and mitigating permanent neurological damage.

I am so saddened to hear this about Mayo. I have just been accepted as a patient there - and am on a waiting list to be seen. Hopefully in the next couple of months. I am so fed up with the doctors that I have been seeing in my community. I thought why not go somewhere like Mayo. I was so happy when I was told that they would take my case.

I have just made an appointment for a full work up at the Mayo Clinic, does anyone know the tests involved and how much they charge? Thank you!

I am over the moon excited that DH got a 5-10 day appointment at Mayo Clinic - Dec. 10. Anyone have any experiences on what to expect etc?

I have been told now it is better to do an email consultation first. I had also tried to self-refer to Mayo Rochester and got a discouraging impersonal form rejection. I have heard from some others this happened to them as well. Maybe having your doctor make the referral would be the way to go with Minnesota, not sure. I know both of these places have been wonderful for others. Mayo Arizona has made it easy.

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