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Fainting Episodes, Eyes Flickering. Heart Murmur In Electrocardiogram. Cause?

my daughter aged 19 has had fainting episodes for past year has fallen to ground and a little disorientated. does feel fainting about to happen is not always in a position to be able to sit down before it happens. feels her eyes flickering and last few fainting episodes has complained of headache on right side. does have a bp of 90/56 and heart murmur has showed up on echocardiogram. what would most likely diagnoses be.
Sat, 21 Sep 2013
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She is 19 and has developed sudden fainting episodes with disorientation and she has also learnt that fainting is going to happen. She can feel her eyes flickering and this is followed by headache. From her symptoms and history first possibility I can think is some seizure episode. Seizures or some form of Epilepsy may present with sudden onset fainting and confusion. Other possibility is some form of syncope as she has shown heart murmur on ECG. But she is also showing symptoms of aura so I would like you to get her EEG done to rule out any seizures and then consult a good neuro doctor for opinion.

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Fainting Episodes, Eyes Flickering. Heart Murmur In Electrocardiogram. Cause?

Hello Welcome to HCM She is 19 and has developed sudden fainting episodes with disorientation and she has also learnt that fainting is going to happen. She can feel her eyes flickering and this is followed by headache. From her symptoms and history first possibility I can think is some seizure episode. Seizures or some form of Epilepsy may present with sudden onset fainting and confusion. Other possibility is some form of syncope as she has shown heart murmur on ECG. But she is also showing symptoms of aura so I would like you to get her EEG done to rule out any seizures and then consult a good neuro doctor for opinion. Thanks