Fainting or seizure causes

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Avatar f tn Most probably you are having seizures. You might be having complex partial seizures. Do you have automatism?(Automatisms are nonpurposeful, stereotyped, and repetitive behaviors that commonly accompany complex partial seizures (they define automotor seizures in the semiologic classification). The behavior is inappropriate for the situation. Patients are usually amnestic to their automatisms). You might be suffering from absence seizures. Do you have a family history of seizures or epilepsy?
Avatar m tn Decreased blood flow to the brain due to heart pump failure, decreased tone in blood vessels or low blood or fluid volume to be pumped. These could be heart rhythm, structural or valvular lesions, postural hypotension, anemia, dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Consult your physician who would do a battery of blood tests, cardiac evaluation of function and treat the underlying cause.
Avatar n tn ashattack, this is a big deal if you had a seizure. If you merely fainted from pain or some other imbalance, it's less a concern. Based on your bruising and lip, does it appear your face hit the toilet/floor more than once? If all your bruising is in a "plane", that is, it looks like it could be explained with one fall, that's better news.
Avatar f tn Recently during a catch up with family I fainted. Over the previous two hours I had about 4 standard drinks. I had a small meal just before I started drinking. Granted it wasn't a large meal but it was still food. My cousin told me I had a "seizure" when I but I haven't had a chance since then to really talk to him.
Avatar f tn ve had fainting anxiety for a while. Whenever I come near to a set of stairs, or public bathroom for example. There are just certain situations that I really don't want to faint in! Without medication I faint approximately four times per week, but with medication it's reduced to about twice per month. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Throughout the years I've had random months of better control, and random months of poorer control. It doesn't always make much sense to me.
963651 tn?1247528914 usually about once a year and sometimes i will go 2 or 3 years without fainting. my mother took me to get an eeg and brain scans when younger with no negative results. i fainted in 03 while driving in 04 when pregnant 05 and 06 didn't faint 07 became very weak lightheaded sick to my stomach felt as tho i was going to faint but laid down quickly 08 fainted and just 3 weeks ago fainted...
Avatar f tn I used to have fainting/seizure like episodes. It hasn't happened for a while but I still have dizziness, ringing in my ears, and bad headaches every day. I've done MRI's, blood tests, and echocardiograms...which show nothing wrong with me. But one of my doctor's did mention that stress could be a factor. I don't believe that is the whole answer...just a part of it.
Avatar m tn My mother has had bouts of fainting and light headedness. Sometimes they come weekly and other times not for 2 months. This has been going on since 2007. She has been admitted to hospital on a number of occasions but each time they have not come to any conclusions as to a diagnosis. These attacks of light headedness last 2-5 minutes. She slurs her speech, gets pins and needles in her arms, and sometimes but not always faints.
Avatar n tn Clearly a neurological event took place, which seems to have been consistent with a petit mal seizure, etiology unknown. Because he is a diabetic one must not assume that the loss of consciousness is due to his diabetes. Normally anti-seizure medications are not prescribed until the third episode, so at this point you need to have a period of "watchful waiting", and schedule him for a neurological work-up to include an EEG.
2132141 tn?1335678074 I have heard of urination syncope, where the vagal nerve (10th cranial nerve) gets over stimulated during urination and causes reduced heart rate, sweating, flushing, nausea, and even fainting (a vasovagal response can be triggered by several different things...take a look at Wikipedia's page on Vasovagal Response.) also, you might look up urination syncope... It is usually benign, but it can also have an underlying medical condition that needs to be looked at.
Avatar n tn My daughter is almost 12 and just barely started puberty. She had been very sick for the past four days with flu like symptoms. She rarely gets sick or runs very high fevers. This virus made her pretty ill and she was running 102.7 at her highest temp. This was accompanied with heavy cough, congestion, chills, aches, stomach ache and loss of appetite (she ate very little in 3 days). I made an appt. for yesterday afternoon and her fever broke an hour or two before we went in.
Avatar n tn Having a seizure after fainting could either be from Epilepsy or from a heart arrhythmia. Whoever this happened to should be checked out by both a neurologist and a cardiologist to rule out either problem soon.
Avatar n tn Over the past 3 years i have had periodic black outs where i just collapse on the floor everything goes dark and i can feel a terrable pressure all around my head sort of like a head ache but everywhere the longest one i have had lasted about 4 or 5 mins and led to a short seizure. I am just tired of this happening it happens at least once a day and at most four times a day i have had a seizure every month for the past six months.
Avatar f tn s around 2000 and was more fainting then throwing up with one time being escalating to a petit mal seizure. Originally, they thought it was neurological... years later they said it was a heart condition. I've had the EEG's, EKG's, MRI's, and a couple others I can't remember the names of... After having a table test, which didn't reveal anything really, the doctor said he thought it was Syncope. However, I've never been officially diagnosed with no real proof.
Avatar n tn The second one she had she went into a small seizure shaking, muscles tight, teeth clinched so forth the one 3 months before she doesnt know if she had a seizure or not but felt the same exact way in both smells jaw hurting and really out of it She also has a history of migranes and fainting spells in the past.... Please help!!!!!!
Avatar n tn Hi, I never had a history of fainting in the past. I'm 24 years old and was sent to the ER after being found unconscious in my home. I remember bits and pieces of the incident. I wasn't feeling good and decided to take mucinex because i was having chest congestion. An hour in of the night, my chest was pounding, side of my body was numbness, and I remember losing my vision completely. I screamed dad i don't feel...and that is when I collapsed from a sitting position.
Avatar f tn After I woke up, I discovered I had vomited and lost control of my bowels. Is this ever normal with fainting or is it a sign of something else like siezure? I have had other fainting spells while pregnant but never other symptoms. I am concerned.
Avatar f tn Also, epilepsy can be a dangerous illness if left untreated, she might have a fainting spell and seizure whilst driving a car or walking along a busy street and so forth. Also, if she does not have epilepsy, then at the very least her doc needs to find out why she's fainting so much, because that can indicate a heart or circulatory problem of some kind, or could even be because of some medication she's already on for some other health issue.
Avatar f tn Neurocardiogenic syncope is usually treated with medications that reduce the probability of cardiac nerves triggering the cycle that leads to lightheadedness, dizziness or fainting. This syndrome is most often treated with a combination of increased salt and water intake along with medications that regulate blood pressure. If you haven't had a tilt test yet, I suggest this as a way to confirm the etiology of your symptoms. Are you currently taking any type of medication?
Avatar n tn With this fall he hit his head and blacked out After the last fall he now is having seizure like shaking and fainting spells. Sometimes the fainting is with out the seizure like shaking. He has had an MRI and EEG both have come back normal. They have said that he has PCS(post soncussion symdrome). But, none of these systoms match that dignose.
Avatar n tn If lightheadedness gets worse, it can lead to a feeling of almost fainting or a fainting spell (syncope). You may sometimes feel nauseated or vomit when you are lightheaded. -Vertigo is a feeling that you or your surroundings are moving when there is no actual movement. You may feel as though you are spinning, whirling, falling, or tilting. When you have severe vertigo, you may feel very nauseated or vomit. You may have trouble walking or standing, and you may lose your balance and fall.
Avatar m tn My son is 3yrs he will be 4 in June, perfectly normal little boy with normal development, no seizure history in both sides of the family. His 1st seizure was feb 17, 2011 lasted about a minute, the night before he had a high fever and later that same day also. Both fevers were treated. On the first episode he spent the night at the hospital for observation because when they took his temperature in the emergency room it was actually low 96F.
Avatar f tn It is a physical manifestation of a psychological disturbance or from organic causes. Examples of organic causes include fainting, migraine, and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). I hope this helps. Take care and best regards.
Avatar n tn Cold chills can come from having the flu, or perhaps in your case with the fainting, could be something as simple as you not having enough protein to eat on a regular basis. Protein is like the wood in a fire, it burns and heats up a person. And if you ain't got no fire, you'll get cold. In addition, protein gives you energy, and if you don't have any, you can get pretty weak and light-headed. But there are many reasons why this happened to you, those are just my top two choices.