symptoms of heart and blood vessel disorders
heart and blood vessel disorders
Fainting
Light-headedness(near syncope) is a sense that one is about to faint. Fainting(syncope) is a sudden, brief loss of consciousness during which the person falls to the ground or slumps in a chair followed by a return to consciousness. The person is motionless and limp and may have cool legs and arms, a weak pulse, and shallow breathing. Some people feel light-headed or dizzy before they faint. Others may have nausea, sweating, blurred vision or tunnel vision, tingling of lips or fingertips, chest pain, or palpitations. Less often, people faint suddenly, without any warning symptoms. Seizure Disorders , which are a disturbance of the brain's electrical activity, and Fainting can occur in people of any age, but dangerous causes of fainting are more common among older people. 