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Re: vaso vagal syncope

From: ianwhayes@eircom.net

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I have recently been diagnosed with this condition, and have been advised that I can get a pacemaker fitted to combat this problem, at least in my case. As far as I understand it, the vasovagal nerve is something to do with heart/ brain electrical signals, and sometimes due to 'wrong' signals the heart slows down too much and can even stop for a few seconds. This causes the faint as not enough blood is getting to the brain. A pacemaker would prevent the heart 'slowdown' and no faint could then occur... If anyone wishes to contact me on this please go ahead, hope I can be of help.....

This web site is not a substitute for a thorough medical evaluation and diagnosis of your vaso-vagal type symptoms.  Medical treatment and diagnosis is the only acceptable initial response to these serious symptoms since they might present from any number of life threatening and treatable illnesses. It is for you and your physician to rule out more serious illnesses; Please don't use this online forum as an alternative to getting responsible medical attention and being under the care of a physician for the duration of any unknown, suspected or dangerous vaso-vagal syndrome symptoms.

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