Vaso Vega
I have this theory that vaso vega is caused by some traumatic events like surgery, so I have a poll for you to take. If you have had any other incident before the onset of vaso vega, please comment.
I'd really like to hear how your life has changed and how you are dealing with this fainting problem on an everyday basis. I am so scared now every time I leave the house.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Vaso Vega (Fainting)
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i have fainted during dinner while sittingm after being in the sun all day, while camping sitting by a fire pit, & skiing. can't find a link for me!
My 5 year old daughter was just diagnosed with this it was very scary the first time it happened I thought she was having a seizure the first time it happened I was putting her earrings in and the second time the lab tech was taking blood from her.
Let's see... I faint every time I think of or get a shot, watch a graphic scene on television (House, CSI, etc), or take too hot of showers. Mainly, I'm thinking it's something in the brain to do with getting shots or pain of sorts. However, I've also heard of vaso vega attacking after someone eats.
I was diagnosed in 9th grade a few years ago. i was in shop. we were being lectured on how to use all the bigger machines and equipment before a test. I had been standing for nearly half an hour before it hit me. the world kind of faded and i went down. my teacher carried me to the nurses office... and i was fine... i was a little scared to go back to class because i didnt know what was happening. overall i had my Vaso Vega under control. it only happened when i stood at attention for too long or im tired and havent eaten and once when i was really excited about christmas. that was the worst episode to date. i hit my head on the floor. but i actually havent passed out since and that was a whole year ago. your theory of it having to do with trauma is pretty interesting. and when it first happened a week before i had been hit in the head pretty hard with a quarter. i almost got knocked out and i was afraid that i might have gotten a concussion. right after that it just started happening a lot. every time i stood up i got really dizzy and the world started fading a bit. when i exercised if i stopped id fall over. i spent an entire summer in bed because i couldnt get up or id pass out on the floor. that was the worst summer ever. i didnt realize what was happening. im a teenager and during the summer im a total night owl. so the fact that my parents never saw me during the day didnt really set off any warning bells. but i was getting really sick and none of us could tell. since i couldnt get out of bed, i couldnt get to food. i was almost starving. it got to the point where i had to crawl to get food because i hurt so much that passing out was worth it if i just got near some food. but after that christmas when i hit my head again... i havent really passed out again... so... i hope this helps you.brefa
Fred My daughter is 16, she has been getting these attacks for 4 years now, about four a year. Giving blood, graphic movies but not pain, she has a high tolerance for pain. She gets a migrain headache afterward, is this common. I have been told by doctors that a lack of hydration and diet is to blam. Can anyone tell me if they have similar diet or hydration problems, are there any athletes with this out there. Do people of older ages still have this condition. captrexman@hotmail.com
Sorry about your daughter. From what I've read and heard from my doctors, keeping hydrated is very important in prevention of fainting. They even told me to eat a lot of salty foods so I would drink more fluids. Also after fainting you get a bad headache usually for the rest of the day. It's because the blood has rushed away from your brain and is returning when you regain consciousness.
People of all ages have this condition. If keeping hydrated doesn't help she should see a doctor to see if it something else like an irregular heartbeat.
I have been fainting ever since I was around nine. I was told this only effected men. All my life others have called me unmanly for fainting, for "not being able to take it."
I'd say I'm glad to find out this happens to women too, but I'm not glad this happens to anyone.
The "performance anxiety" of having to be manly, which adds to fainting, might cause additional episodes.
The first time I fainted was from seeing an X-ray of a broken hand. I was on the couch where being manly takes many forms, it's said. Men take so much pain; the opposite is true, but seeing blood and guts on television is another story.
Since then, I've probably fainted more than a dozen times, each time providing classmates with entertainment and a few moments of reprieve while the teacher takes me to the nurse's. As an adult, crushing, breaking, slicing are the main culprits: one of these actions causes my spells.
I found that trauma of most kinds causes the reaction in me. Some are near faints, others are prolonged (up to 3 minutes) periods of floortime.
Many people faint at the sight of blood, getting a shot or any number of reasons. The "fight or flight" response , your autonomic nervous system, is responsible for this reaction.
You should read my blog on fainting goats who when they are startled keel over in a faint.
my husband has had 2 attacks now, first time he was laughing very hard, 2nd time he had a caughing fit. Both times he was sitting or leaning backand didn't come out of it on his own, other came over and by jarring him he came out of it.
My daughter who is 19 ans full-time student and works full-time just had this happen to her, the 2nd doctor we seen said to lie down quickly if feeling the same and it helps the blood back to brain and recover faster. stress and low blood pressure also common factors.
I recently had an argument with a Manager at work. Normally I never let these people get to me but this day he pressed my button. About half an hour later sitting at my desk I got very hot and short of breath and was out for about a minute.
My husband was travelling on a plane. He ate his food, felt nausia and before he could call the flight attendent, he fainted and threw up. When he reached his destination he was a bit disoriented. The doctor said, he had Vaso Vagal and recommended to get his blood tests done.
I was diagnosed with this a number of years ago, I'm now 62. I would faint at the drop of a hat, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. Sometimes I could feel it coming on and other time it would just happen, made driving impossible. The way it was explained to me was the "Vagus nerve" was kind of like shorting out disrupting the heart beat and causing fainting. I had a pacemake implanted in 2001 and haven't had a problem with this condition since it was implanted.
I fainted in a nail salon and when I got up, my ankle was broken. I needed surgery and am still recovering. This is the only time I have ever fainted and the only bone I have ever broken.
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