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What Causes Sudden Passing Out?

My grandson,24, has been passing out and has been taken to the hospital twice. He says he doesn t have any warning before it happens. The last time he was in the hospital they did an EKG that came back kind of iffy . Could his have a problem with his heart that does not show up on an EKG?
Mon, 18 May 2015
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Hello dear
Sudden onset loss of consciousness at such young age may be due to seizure, cardiac arrhythmia or sometime conversion reaction.
If loss of consciousness is associated with tonic posture, frothing, tongue bite or incontinence then seizure is the possibility. History of palpitations, chest pain, sweating, pallor associated with loss of consciousness may be due to cardiac cause.
Loss of consciousness related to standing posture may be due to syncopal attack.
And lastly if everything comes out normal then a possibility of conversion reaction has to be kept.
Brain imaging, eeg, ecg and 2d echo needs to be done.
Hope he recovers early
God bless him
Dr Neeraj Kumar
Neurologist
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What Causes Sudden Passing Out?

Hello dear Sudden onset loss of consciousness at such young age may be due to seizure, cardiac arrhythmia or sometime conversion reaction. If loss of consciousness is associated with tonic posture, frothing, tongue bite or incontinence then seizure is the possibility. History of palpitations, chest pain, sweating, pallor associated with loss of consciousness may be due to cardiac cause. Loss of consciousness related to standing posture may be due to syncopal attack. And lastly if everything comes out normal then a possibility of conversion reaction has to be kept. Brain imaging, eeg, ecg and 2d echo needs to be done. Hope he recovers early God bless him Dr Neeraj Kumar Neurologist