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What Causes Blackouts And Breathing Difficulty With Heart Failure?
My friend is in the late stages of heart failure and has started having blackouts where he stops breathing and goes stiff and after a minute or so comes back out of it. This seams to happen when he is drinking or eating and has a cough at the same time, what is causing this. He is 69 and is permanently on oxygen and can't get about by himself. He is very scared of these blackouts
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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This is probably from his heart stopping to beat properly for a time and his blood pressure drops.
Or it might be minor seizures.
His doctor needs to know about this.
This is probably from his heart stopping to beat properly for a time and his blood pressure drops.
Or it might be minor seizures.
His doctor needs to know about this.
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