Has anyone fainted? Do you know someone who has?

Question

Please tell me everything about the fainting.

Answer 1

i have fainted lots of time before and i am only 15 :(.
P.S. i have found some info and email me if u need help.

What is loss of consciousness?

Loss of consciousness is interruption of one's awareness of self and surroundings. When loss of consciousness is temporary and recovers spontaneously it is referred to as fainting or syncope.

Temporary loss of consciousness, or syncope, has been reported to account for 3 percent of patient visits to emergency departments.

How does temporary loss of consciousness occur?

Temporary loss of consciousness is a result of a temporary reduction in the blood flow (and, therefore, oxygen) to the brain. This can lead to lightheadedness or a "black out" episode of loss of consciousness. There are many conditions which can temporarily impair the brain's blood supply.

What conditions cause temporary loss of consciousness?

Temporary loss of consciousness can be caused by heart conditions and conditions that do not directly involve the heart.

Temporary loss of consciousness is more commonly caused by conditions that do not directly involve the heart. These conditions include those caused by: 1) a shift in body position from lying or sitting to a more vertical position (postural hypotension); 2) dehydration; 3) blood pressure medications; 4) diseases of the nerves to the legs of the elderly; 5) diabetes; or 6) Parkinson's disease. A decreased total blood volume and/or poor tone of the nerves of the legs from these conditions causes a disproportionate distribution of the blood in the legs, instead of up to the brain, when standing.

Other common non-heart causes of temporary loss of consciousness include fainting after blood is drawn or after certain situational events (situational syncope), such as after urination, defecating, or coughing. This occurs because of a reflex of the involuntary nervous system (vasovagal reaction) that leads to slowing of the heart rate and dilation of the blood vessels in the legs, thus lowering the blood pressure. The result is that less blood (therefore less oxygen) reaches the brain as it is directed to the legs. With situational syncope, patients often note nausea, sweating, or weakness just before the loss of consciousness occurs.

The vasovagal reaction is also called a vasovagal attack. And situational syncope is also called vasovagal syncope, vasodepressor syncope, and Gower syndrome after Sir William Richard Gower (1845- 1915), a famous English neurologist.

Brain stroke or "near-stroke" (transient ischemic attack) and migraines can also lead to temporary loss of consciousness.

Heart conditions that can cause temporary loss of consciousness include abnormal heart rhythms (heart beating too fast or too slow), abnormalities of the heart valves (aortic or pulmonic valve stenosis), elevated blood pressure in the arteries supplying blood to the lungs (pulmonary artery hypertension), tears in the aorta (aortic dissection), and widespread disease of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy

Answer 2

I have only fainted a couple of times, but it wasn't a very pleasant experience either time. I'd been ill (24-hour stomach bug). I went into the kitchen to get some soda when I was starting to feel better. It was a long time ago, and the soda was in a 16-ounce glass bottle (I'm not even sure they make them any more). I started to pour it out, and things just started to go sort of fuzzy. The next thing I knew, I was lying on the floor with soda and pieces of broke bottle around me. I was home alone, about 18 at the time; I knew from first-aid training that I need to get someplace with my feet higher than my head, so I went to the sofa, lay down on it, and put my feet up on the arm. I was ok after a few minutes, but not before my mother walked in the back door and saw the broken bottle. I think it scared her worse than it did me!

Answer 3

I hit my head about 4 years ago, and got a severe concussion. To this day, I faint quite often. First my eyes jiggle around in my head, and then it feels like all the blood rushes out of my head, and down to my feet. Sometimes I feel like I want to vomit, and then everything goes cold, and I black out. Then I wake up on the floor. The doctors say I might never stop. That's one reason I am no longer a nurse.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yes as a teenager I fainted three times. The legal age for drinking is 18, but at 16 you could go to the Bar as long as a Adult was with you and you did not drink alcohol. In the UK, most Bars/Pubs have games like darts, pool so I was introduced to darts. The locals explained the game and off I went, in fact they were hoping by the time I was 18, I would join the Pub Darts Team. This went on for weeks, every Sunday night. One night nothing out of the normal, having soft drinks, playing darts and next I know I wake up on the floor, darts still in my hand? Seems I fainted? Few months after that I was painting the kitchen ceiling for my Mother, half way through, next I know I wake up on the floor, paint spilled. While my Mother was concerned she did not panic and just said 'If it happens again you will need to see the Doc'. Anyway, went for a job interview, got the job, walked to the nearest Public Pay Phone, telephoned my Father and Mother, walked around the corner to wait for a Bus. Next I know a special needs adult is combing my face, trying to get me to wake up and he was crying? My Mother took me to the Doc, he reckoned it was a 'viral infection' gave me 30 days of antibiotics! Now I know viral infections do not require antibiotics, but back then? Anyway I was also told to 'rest up'. I took the course of antibiotics and just after I finished the 30 days, noted a small round wart on my right knee? The wart spread, back to the Doc who sent me to the Dermatologist and I was diagnosed with Psoriasis. Five years later a famous person fainted at a UK Political Party Conference, was rushed to hospital by Ambulance. He was checked out, nothing wrong. He returned to the Conference the following day, fainted again, rushed to Hospital, nothing wrong. Then he erupted in Psoriasis. He was being interviewed on National TV and it was strange to hear he had the exact same onset as myself, but also reassuring.
The only thing I could not and still do not understand, having fainted and hit the hard floor, let alone fallen off the step ladder, no physicial damage? Not a bruise, red mark, strain muscle, pulled muscle, broken bone, no physicial damage whatsoever.

Answer 6

i fainted in the past and can tell you that it is not a pleasant experience. There are warning signs of fainting, first you start to break out into a cold sweat, meaning you are clammy but not hot, then you see little black flakes in front of you after that you hearing starts to echo, meaning you hear everything around you but its echoing, then you pass out. When you wake up you really don't realize that you've passed out, but you have. During your state of unconsciousness your body just goes limp and you fall to the floor.

Answer 7

ive fainted 2 in my life n im only 12. the thing is, i get bloody noses a lot so the first time it happened my nose was bleeding for like 3 hours STRAIT ( it usually is NOT that bad. now i only get them like once a month ) and it was nightime. i was in the bathroom with my mom and she was holding the tissue for me because i was tired. then i just fainted! the second time is when i had the flu. i was out of school for a week because of it. it was not as bed as when you get it and you like die. i was in the bathtub, and then i was getting out, i dont know what caused it but i remember someone at school told me you see white dots then black when you faint. i saw white dots so i remembered and i got out of the tub (so i didnt drown) and i sat down and fainted for like 3 seconds. then when i went in the hallway, my mom said "you look pale" then i said "i fainted." and those are the two times i have fainted in my life.

Answer 8

I didn't eat one day then donated blood (I forgot that I hadn't eaten yet), and I ended up passing out. I felt dizzy for about 5 minutes, was handing someone money to buy fruit juice and the next thing I know I am on the floor with people looking down at me. I had a bad headache after and was shaky for a bit, but that's it.

Answer 9

Back when I was stupid... I used to intentionally make myself faint. Everything starts to fade and get blurry, and even though you don't see it, you fall, and you kind of "dream" and see a lot of racy motion. I remember seeing lots of cars and traffic. Then 5 or so seconds later, I woke up not knowing where I was, and my whole body felt really shaky and weird.

DO NOT MAKE YOURSELF FAINT. You can seriously die from it. But yeah, it's not that fun..

Answer 10

I havent but my friend has. The normal cause of faiting is lack of food so you can usually black out for a couple of secounds but the you are awake again. Normally you get really dissie and you cant stand up straight and everything goes to a blur and then its goes black and you get the sensation of falling. There is nothing really to worry about because I don't think fainting has ever been fatal.