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What is vasovagal syncope?

It may also be called neurocardiogenic syncope. The vasovagal syncope trigger causes your heart rate and blood pressure to drop suddenly. That leads to reduced blood flow to your brain, causing you to briefly lose consciousness. Vasovagal syncope is usually harmless and requires no treatment.

What is a vasovagal episode?

A vasovagal episode or vasovagal syncope is the most common form of reflex syncope. Reflex syncope is a general term used to describe types of syncope resulting from a failure in autoregulation of blood pressure, and ultimately, in cerebral perfusion pressure resulting in transient loss of consciousness.

Can a vasovagal response cause a fainting?

Fainting from a vasovagal response can be sudden and unexpected. However, you may have warning signs a few seconds or minutes before a fainting episode. The signs leading up to fainting are called the prodrome of syncope. The symptoms that come on after you regain consciousness are called postdromal symptoms.

What does vasovagal syncope mean?

Vasovagal syncope (pronounced sin-co-pee) is the medical term for a brief loss of consciousness. About 40% of people faint at some time in their life, so vasovagal syncope is called the ‘common faint’. What makes you faint? Fainting occurs when your blood pressure drops (hypotension). Your heart rate may also drop, or pause, for a short time.

Is vasovagal syncope a common faint?

About 40% of people faint at some time in their life, so vasovagal syncope is called the ‘common faint’. What makes you faint? Fainting occurs when your blood pressure drops (hypotension). Your heart rate may also drop, or pause, for a short time. You may feel dizzy, sweaty or sick, and have blurred vision.

Does vasovagal syncope replace advice from a healthcare professional?

It does not replace advice from a healthcare professional. What is Vasovagal Syncope? Vasovagal syncope (pronounced sin-co-pee) is the medical term for a brief loss of consciousness. About 40% of people faint at some time in their life, so vasovagal syncope is called the ‘common faint’.

How common is vasovagal syncope?

In people under 40, vasovagal syncope causes about 85% of all passing out or fainting instances. In older adults, it makes up about half of those cases. People with disorders that affect their autonomic nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease, are extremely unlikely to have vasovagal syncope.

What Is Vasovital

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Vasovital Information

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