went to a party sat night, no alcohol or anything illegal, only 1 smoke. i had been sick with the flu the last couple days. i went to bed at 3pm and started to uncontrolably shake in my bed for a couple hours, and i wasnt cold. i then woke up to use the restroom and after i was finished i fainted... any idea how this occured? i had never fainted in my life.
2006-11-12 06:13:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Men's Health
Since you had recently suffered from flu, and having sat around during the party in the night where you could have lost your body’s core temperature. Your body had reacted to it by curtailing the circulation of the skin (goose pimples) and other non essential parts of the body so conserve heat of your body. But once you were back in your bed, the outside temperature being returned back to normal, blood would have started flowing out to the skin, which was so far curtailed by your body mechanism. This caused the body losing heat and this started the shivering and this way the muscular activity generated had built up your core body temperature while diverting your blood to the splanchnic pool (the blood pool which supplies to the viscera of the body).
Now since your blood was pooled in your visceral area and therefore could not reach the brain in sufficient quantities while you were straining to void your bladder, it caused you a spell of dizziness/fainting. MICTURATION SYNCOPES are known to occur, but in the old and the frail, after prolonged illnesses, or in those with obstruction like BPH (Benign Prostate Hypertrophy) where one has to strain more to pass out urine through the obstructed tract.
Do not be unduly worried. Start taking plenty of warm fluids, soups etc. Keep your body well protected from cold and do not jump out of the bed, get out slowly and do not hurry. Do not strain too much while standing to void your bladder. Good luck.
2006-11-12 06:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by doctor2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you were running a high fever. How are you now? hate to mention it, but pneumonia can creep up when you're run down. But if you are on the mend, forget that. Eat light meals, as much as you can. Plenty of hot drinks and Paracetamols to keep any temperature down. It was probably a one-off, the fever would make you shake. Hope you're a lot better now, but don't hesitate to call the doc if you're no better
2006-11-12 14:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're still weak from the illness.
You need to have rested, or rest now, stay off the computer for a while. Meanwhile, get your fluids, sleep, and when you wake up, stay away from both tobacco and alcohol.
2006-11-12 14:16:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I reccomend calling your doctors office they all have 24 hour nurses, im guessing the cig. mixed with your body flluids causing you to break down and faint.
2006-11-12 14:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Sunshine 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
someone may of slipped something in your drink
2006-11-12 14:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
are you eating?!?
maybe u should see a doctor.
2006-11-12 14:15:12 · answer #6 · answered by melissa f 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
congrats! you're pregnant.
2006-11-12 14:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋