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Syncope may also refer to a linguistic phenomenon. Fainting or syncope (SAMPA: /"sIn.k@.pi/ or /"sIN.k@.pi/) is a sudden (and generally momentary) loss of consciousness due to a lack of sufficient blood and oxygen reaching the brain. The first symptoms a person feels before fainting are dizziness, a dimming of vision, or brown-out and feeling hot. Moments later, the person's vision turns black and he or she drops to the floor (or slumps if seated in a chair). Factors that influence fain ...
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Resources
- Adams-Stokes Disease (American Heart Association)
- American Heart Association
- Ask the Pediatric Cardiologist -- Fainting Spells (American Heart Association)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Syncope (National Institutes of Health)
- Fainting (HealthWorld)
- Fainting (HealthWorld)
- Fainting (University of Maryland Medical Center)
- Fainting (Medline Plus)
- Fainting (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Fainting (National Institutes of Health)
- Fainting
- Fainting (Syncope) (Heart Rhythm Society)
- Fainting: What Causes It (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- First Aid for Fainting (HealthWorld)
- First-Aid Guide: Fainting (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Heart Rhythm Society
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Simple Faint (Vasovagal Syncope) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Syncope (Cleveland Clinic)
- Syncope (Cleveland Clinic)
- Syncope (American Heart Association)
- Syncope Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Tilt-Table Test (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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