Her fainting, she was told, was caused by vasovagal syncope. This common condition can be triggered by intense emotion (in some people it is triggered by the sight of a needle or blood), prolonged ...

The syncope that most concerns health care professionals is cardiac syncope, blacking out due to an underlying heart disease such as a heart rhythm abnormality, or arrhythmia, he explains.

Fainting is a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness due to not enough oxygen reaching the brain. ... Cardiac syncope. An underlying heart problem may reduce blood and oxygen supply to the brain.

An exhaustive cardiac examination should, therefore, have been included in this patient's initial workup, including electrocardiography with elevated right precordial leads (V1 and V2) at the ...

No cardiac abnormalities or syncope, however, were produced in the case presented above with either the Valsalva maneuver or intense straining in an attempt to urinate in the recumbent position.

It’s the rarer types of fainting, like cardiac syncope, that can be dangerous and can pose a problem with driving. “If somebody has a heart rhythm problem, which interrupts their heart from beating ...

Doctors weigh in on how certain health conditions can cause fatal health events like cardiac arrest, fainting, an asthma bout, or seizure if you laugh too hard. Search. Pop Mech Pro; ...

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When a person has fainting symptoms but does not faint, it is known as presyncope. ... This can occur for many reasons, but broadly, the causes can be due to cardiac or noncardiac factors.

Repeated Syncope in a Woman With No Known Heart Disease ... The patient had not had any other cardiac symptoms such as heart palpitations, chest pain, or dyspnea.

Background: A 55-year-old man presented at hospital with recurrent syncope. He did not have any prodromic symptoms and did not report having palpitations, dizziness or chest pain before, during or ...