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Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / March 2007fainting
Gday...My 13 yr old just fainted for the first time.. Should I take her to the doctor? What could cause it? She isnt sick, she was just in the kitchen, she said she felt all tingly and dizzy then everything went black and the next thing you know she is on the floor. Should I be worried about this? Any advice would be appreciated.....she said she is fine now. But ive made her lay down. Thanks Fiona > Gday...My 13 yr old just fainted for the first time.. > Should I take her to the doctor? What could cause it? > She isnt sick, she was just in the kitchen, she said she felt all tingly and > dizzy then everything went black and the next thing you know she is on the > floor. > Should I be worried about this? Did she stand up very quickly to go to the kitchen? Has she been dieting recently? -- Anita -- > Gday...My 13 yr old just fainted for the first time.. > Should I take her to the doctor? What could cause it? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks > Fiona I would recommend going to the doctor. I have fainted a few times and there is nothing wrong with me that anyone knows of, so it could be nothing, but I certainly would take her in.  SignatureNikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 > Gday...My 13 yr old just fainted for the first time.. > Should I take her to the doctor? What could cause it? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks > Fiona Normally healthy people might faint if they find themselves in very warm environments where they are standing for a long time. I would say it was unusual to faint at home because you'd usually be able to sit down when you start to feel bad. If she is shooting up height wise this might make her feel a little unbalanced, or if she had not eaten for a while, or if she is having heavy periods she might be feeling a bit weak. I imagine if there has only been one faint a doctor will just take her blood pressure and maybe check her iron levels. Both of these are useful to know. Some people have naturally low blood pressure and need to make sure they don't stand up too quickly (I'm one of those). Mary Ann My daughter said she always feels funny when she stands up, but has never passed out before. So I will definately take her to the doc today and get her blood pressure checked. Thanks guys Fiona >> Gday...My 13 yr old just fainted for the first time.. >> Should I take her to the doctor? What could cause it? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Mary Ann >> Gday...My 13 yr old just fainted for the first time.. >> Should I take her to the doctor? What could cause it? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >useful to know. Some people have naturally low blood pressure and need >to make sure they don't stand up too quickly (I'm one of those). I've only fainted a couple of times in my life (I'm 69). I fainted one morning when I was about 9 - I was sitting on the edge of the big clawfoot bathtub waiting for my turn on the toilet. My dad caught me. I fainted when I was posing for my wedding pictures c 1959 - I had just been to the hairdresser for a long session, and was standing wearing my grandmother's dress 1905 which had a high collar. The photographer caught me. And I fainted in the (hot) dry cleaners when I was about 6 months pg with my third child c 1968. No one caught me that time, and I about scared the dry cleaner to death. AFAIK, nothing was wrong with me any of those times. I've felt faint since then, but now I know to sit down and get my head down. > Gday...My 13 yr old just fainted for the first time.. > Should I take her to the doctor? What could cause it? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks > Fiona When we had our first and only fainting episode, we started by seeing if we had a possible cause (we did), and then wrote down as much as we could think of about the episode. We didn't go to the doctor (over half the websites we looked at said we should) because we thought they would probably spend a long time telling us what we had already found on the web. If it happens again we have the details. Essentially, we didn't want to make a huge fuss over what was probably a one off event. If it happens again, we would. SignaturePenny Gaines UK mum to three |
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