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What Causes Periodic Episodes Of Blacking Out While Running?
My daughter just called and while she was running, she blacked out and fell to her knees, she was disoriented and nauseaed with a headache. Her heart was beating faster than it ever had. When she was in high school she saw a cardiologist but they didn't find anything wrong. She periodically has minor episodes but never one this severe.
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your daughter's symptoms.
She needs a detailed cardiac evaluation to exclude a cardiac arrhythmia 9an abnormality in the heart rhythm). This can be done by doing a holter monitoring of the heart.
The episode of transient loss of consciousness is called syncope, due to poor blood flow to brain.
Head up tilt test (HUTT) test would also be useful in excluding a neurocardiogenic syncope.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your daughter's symptoms.
She needs a detailed cardiac evaluation to exclude a cardiac arrhythmia 9an abnormality in the heart rhythm). This can be done by doing a holter monitoring of the heart.
The episode of transient loss of consciousness is called syncope, due to poor blood flow to brain.
Head up tilt test (HUTT) test would also be useful in excluding a neurocardiogenic syncope.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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