blacked out

[brandon.t]

i just blacked out like 1 min ago, all i know is 1 sec i was standing in the kitchen and the next in on the floor between the cupboard and stove feeling the most weak i have ever been, and right now my heart is pounding and i have the shackes...any comments?

[eatthis9999]

May of injured a minor Head injury when you black out you should see a doctor because if you have hit your head when you go to sleep you may not wake up. all head injurys can be potenialy dangerous and a doctor is necesary. the fact is to black out your head may be bad but you will have fallen over and maybe caused further injury

[Fiction]

This sounds pretty similar to what happens to me when I pass out. I have Low blood pressure. If your blood pressure gets low enough you pass out and then your heart begins too beat faster in order to get the blood pumping back around your body.
I'm on medication for it and it's helped a lot. If this continues, i suggest seeing your doctor.

[SuperSuraj]

Definitely see a doctor, blacking out is never a good thing. I'm not saying its something life threatening but it is serious.

[Love.Hate]

I have had this before, its not good at all!
I think you should go see a doctor and see if they can give you any medication/ find out why its happening.

[Zazu]

This sounds pretty similar to what happens to me when I pass out. I have Low blood pressure. If your blood pressure gets low enough you pass out and then your heart begins too beat faster in order to get the blood pumping back around your body.
I'm on medication for it and it's helped a lot. If this continues, i suggest seeing your doctor.

This. Most definitely just sounds like a vaso-vagal.

You need to go to your doctor though OP and tell them what has happened, they'll most likely then investigate why exactly you lost consciousness.

[Fiction]

Yeah the types of tests they'd do for this are tilt table tests:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_table_test

And several ECG's, including a 48 hour one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiography

It's nothing to be scared about going to the doctor about :)

[eatthis9999]

I would see a Doctor but a neurocardiogenic syncope is more extreme then this but there is a chance this is the first episode of a neurocardiogenic syncope but there is usualy a build up and dont pass out first time so ....

[Fiction]

I would see a Doctor but a neurocardiogenic syncope is more extreme then this but there is a chance this is the first episode of a neurocardiogenic syncope but there is usualy a build up and dont pass out first time so ....

I guess this is what i have... just in complicated words? xD neuro meaning brain... cardio meaning heart and blood... syncope meaning fainting.
My brain doesn't control my heart and blood pressure right so I pass out.

Anyway, it does build up over time but it's really easy to miss at first. I remember going dizzy a lot and my heart going fast a lot but I didn't really register it- I thought it was my imagination. I only really noticed it when we did a Biology experiment monitoring heart rates and ming sped up VERY quickly to a very fast rate for no reason. He may have had it for some time without realising. This may not be the first time he's had attacks, just maybe first time he's had one this sevre.

EDIT: Just looked it up and it's all very similar, except in nerucardiogenic syncope you don't get the increase in heart rate you do in what I have.

[eatthis9999]

See it has not been monitered and i will not give the name again too long !!!, but reports say ur pulse does rise but if he has been exercising a build up in laptic acid can cause you to pass out

[Cryofthewolf]

Definitely go see a doctor. That happened to me once. I was stacking chairs at church to make room for an event and I just fell on the ground. Nobody was around, so thank goodness I woke up two seconds after. I went and saw a doctor and all was ok, but it might not be. Definitely go see someone. You don't want to end up worse off. :(

[Dimitri]

There are many different things that need to be taken into consideration here:

The most important being, you need to see your doctor

People do not pass out for any reason
Have you started taking any new medications lately?
Is there any history of this in your family?
Are you eating healthy and exercising like you should be
Have you had any recent surgeries?
Have you been getting enough sleep?

These are all things that need to be taken into consideration, and this will all be done when you see your doctor. There are other things that can be looked at like vasovagl-syncope or orthostatic-hypotension. All of these things can be answered with a visit to your primary care physician.

[Fiction]

orthostatic-hypotension.

That's one of the things I have :)

[Dimitri]

Yeah I have orthostatic-hypotenion and vasovagal-syncope and both of mine are stress induced, so I just have to plan things really well so I do not get stressed