fainting while seated?

[Anonymous]

Is she tall and thin? Both me and my sister had dizziness and fainting when we were younger and skinnier (like 5'7" and 105-115). We always had low blood pressure at check ups (but no one was worried about the dizziness).

I haven't had anything like that post kids. I also weigh a good 25 pounds more.

It's embarrassing but if she feels that way again she needs to lie down on the floor and get her legs elevated if she can. Head injury from fainting is the biggest worry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is she tall and thin? Both me and my sister had dizziness and fainting when we were younger and skinnier (like 5'7" and 105-115). We always had low blood pressure at check ups (but no one was worried about the dizziness).

I haven't had anything like that post kids. I also weigh a good 25 pounds more.

It's embarrassing but if she feels that way again she needs to lie down on the floor and get her legs elevated if she can. Head injury from fainting is the biggest worry.

That's POTS, and it's not uncommon in young skinny girls.

But an episode while seated sounds like a possible cardiac issue to me.

[Anonymous]

OP here. She’s not particularly skinny. She’s on the short side and average weight, fit but more sticky and muscular than slender.

She does have low blood pressure but no one ever said it was too low.

She does have a history of fainting in response to sudden pain. It’s happened three times in her life when she was injured (for example getting kicked in the kneecap in a sports game)

However, this time was not in response to anything... just happened while sitting quietly.

We are working on just making sure her diet is healthy, more water etc.

[Anonymous]

Sticky should be stocky

[Anonymous]

It could be the first symptoms of type 1 diabetes

[Anonymous]

Was she "with it" the whole time or did she have difficulty recalling how long she couldn't see? No one on here has mentioned the possibility of a seizure but that is one way they can manifest - they're not always noticeable to anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. She’s not particularly skinny. She’s on the short side and average weight, fit but more sticky and muscular than slender.

She does have low blood pressure but no one ever said it was too low.

She does have a history of fainting in response to sudden pain. It’s happened three times in her life when she was injured (for example getting kicked in the kneecap in a sports game)

However, this time was not in response to anything... just happened while sitting quietly.

We are working on just making sure her diet is healthy, more water etc.

I'd mentioned this earlier, but think it makes even more sense with the fainting from sudden pain:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vasovagal-syncope/symptoms-causes/syc-20350527

POTS/Vasovagal/etc are related. My family has both in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. She’s not particularly skinny. She’s on the short side and average weight, fit but more sticky and muscular than slender.

She does have low blood pressure but no one ever said it was too low.

She does have a history of fainting in response to sudden pain. It’s happened three times in her life when she was injured (for example getting kicked in the kneecap in a sports game)

However, this time was not in response to anything... just happened while sitting quietly.

We are working on just making sure her diet is healthy, more water etc.

If she's prone to fainting, this was probably vasovagal. Could be a hormone fluctuation. Definitely a known thing.

[Anonymous]

the hormone fluctuation was not something I knew was a thing. It makes sense given what I know about her cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could be the first symptoms of type 1 diabetes

I think op needs to get blood work.

Low blood pressure can definitely make you lightheaded. Blood work and echocardiogram are pretty minimal in terms of invasiveness, but might give actual answers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was she "with it" the whole time or did she have difficulty recalling how long she couldn't see? No one on here has mentioned the possibility of a seizure but that is one way they can manifest - they're not always noticeable to anyone else.

Yep I mentioned this two pages back and I agree she should be evaluated by a neurologist, for a potential seizure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering if anyone has any ideas.

Daughter age 14 *almost* fainted today while seated about halfway through 3rd period class. No trigger she can think of; class was just normal stuff, nothing to make her swoon. No sudden pain. She had eaten breakfast and drinks a lot of water. She wasn't standing up suddenly or anything like that. She's not ill, no fever, normal weight and blood pressure.

Just was sitting, paying attention to classwork and she said she felt a rush of heat, started sweating profusely, and the world went dark -- couldn't hear or see for about a minute or two, put her head down on her desk and came back after a few minutes. Felt ok after about 20 minutes.

(I did take her to the pediatrician who suggested maybe she was dehydrated so try to drink more.)

Just wondering if this has happened to other kids or adults for that matter? I know for sure I have never just suddenly felt faint while minding my own business sitting in a meeting or something.

This happened to a friend in law school. Right in the middle of contracts. Stress + not sleeping + not eating enough.

[Anonymous]

This is probably not it, but any chance she was sitting with one leg crossed over the other? I get sudden waves of dizziness if I sit at my desk like that too long and feel like I could faint it I don't quickly uncross them. No idea why.

[Anonymous]

Low blood sugar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could be POTS.

I concur, definitely check into POTS, very very common for her age.