This is the most common type (also called a neurally mediated syncope), causing over half of all fainting episodes. It's most common in children and young adults. It can happen when something triggers a reaction in your nervous system that slows your heart rate and lowers blood pressure, ...
Treatment for PSVT focuses on decreasing the heart rate and breaking up the electrical circuits made by the abnormal conducting pathways. Treatment can be divided into two broad categories: halting the acute episode and preventing any new episodes. One of the most important considerations in treating...
Dehydration can be prevented by drinking enough water daily. However, dehydration can also be due to other illnesses, such as the flu, alcoholism, or diabetes. If you drink a lot of water but regularly have fainting episodes, it could indicate a more serious health problem. 2. Coughing Alth...
Other suggestions include picking the most stable section of a vehicle such as the center or front of a car, bus, or airplane or the cabins near the center waterline of a ship, wearing sunglasses, and/or reclining your head (about 300) and supporting your head. Avoid smells (like exhaust...
If the ECG in a young person shows a pattern suggestive of right bundle branch block accompanied by an elevation in the ST segments in leads V1 and V2, especially if there also is a history of unexplained episodes ofsyncopeor lightheadedness, Brugada syndrome is considered a possibility.7 ...
Other reported symptoms include muscle and joint pains; a heightened sense of smell, taste, and hearing; and salt craving. Patients with diabetes that previously was well-controlled may suddenly develop a marked decrease in insulin requirements and hypoglycemic episodes due to an increase in insulin...
Relapsing fever causes episodes of serious rise in your body temperature, with periods of normal temperature in between that can last for days or weeks. What temperature is a fever? Fever can be grouped into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and hyperthermia. ...
Pre-syncope or near fainting have the same symptoms, but they don't quite lose consciousness. During the fainting episode, the person may lose consciousness, and there may be a few twitches, which can be confused with a seizure. The person may become confused after waking up, but it shoul...
Part I of this two-part series covered gastrointestinal causes of chest pain and aortic dissection. This second and final part of the series will focus on…
Does the pain radiate somewhere (move to another area of the body)? Has there been any preceding illness? Has there been any trauma? Have there been similar episodes of pain in the past? Is the pain different from that of a previous condition that has been experienced, or is it similar...