Fainting happens when your brain doesn’t get enough blood. Dehydration, shock, too much alcohol, and even anxiety can lead to fainting. If you think you’re about to faint, lie down or put your head ...

The ED evaluation of syncope necessitates obtaining a careful history to determine whether such causes as intoxication, sepsis, migraine, or seizure are likely. Physical examination will aid in ...

They can cause fitting activity, and differentiating a seizure and epilepsy from fainting requires involvement of a cardiologist and neurologist." If you faint at the sight of blood, you might ...

It may sound strange, but some people actually faint when they poop. This isn’t a joke, it’s a real medical condition called vasovagal syncope. While it doesn’t happen to everyone, those who ...

Fainting represents one of the body’s most dramatic protective mechanisms – a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness that looks alarming but often serves a vital purpose. This phenomenon, medically ...

The first time I lost consciousness was, conveniently, at a medical center. I was stationed in the delivery room at the right side of the hospital bed where my mother was in the final throes of ...

You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can you tell whether you or someone else who has fainted should go to the ...