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What Causes Fainting After Bleeding Caused During Belly Button Piercing?

my friends and i went to get our belly buttons pierced today. Shortly after one of my friends got it, she fainted. Her blood sugar was low and blood rate was extremely low. She left in an ambulance to go to the er, I was wondering what had cause this to happen.
Wed, 25 Jun 2014
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Fainting/ unconsciousness could be caused due to many reasons, like skipping meals which can cause low blood sugar levels, low blood pressure, excessive heat exposure, excessive bleeding due to any cause, space occupying lesion in the brain, trauma, pathology in the ear. In most of these instances, oxygenation to the brain will be reduced, which will cause unconsciousness.
In the scenario you have mentioned, your friend must have had some amount of bleeding leading to low pressure and faintness also with low blood sugar causing unconsciousness.Keeping head low, foot raise can avoid losing consciousness in such cases.
Hope I have answered your query
Dr Jyothi BL
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What Causes Fainting After Bleeding Caused During Belly Button Piercing?

Hi Fainting/ unconsciousness could be caused due to many reasons, like skipping meals which can cause low blood sugar levels, low blood pressure, excessive heat exposure, excessive bleeding due to any cause, space occupying lesion in the brain, trauma, pathology in the ear. In most of these instances, oxygenation to the brain will be reduced, which will cause unconsciousness. In the scenario you have mentioned, your friend must have had some amount of bleeding leading to low pressure and faintness also with low blood sugar causing unconsciousness.Keeping head low, foot raise can avoid losing consciousness in such cases. Hope I have answered your query Dr Jyothi BL