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fainting episode

From: NAJAL1@email.com

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I'm 15 years old and I have fainted 4 times in my life. They never a real reason for why it happened. This past year I fainted during my biology class just sitting at my desk. After getting a blood test and an EKG nothing seemed out of the ordinary so my doctor said it was probobly vaso-vagal syndrome but she never tested me. She also told me not to stand stiff and to shift my weight constantly. Is this really going to help me? Also is the test neccessary to know if you have this? And I read in someone elses post that there might be a medicine to cure this. Is this true? thanks for the 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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