Unexpected 'fainting'

[Islay]

I'm not talking a swoon here more I knew it was going to happen but couldn't stop it!!

I had spent a lovely afternoon sitting in a bar listening to music over a course of 5 hours I had 4 drinks. Then 3 hours later I had a balanced meal with a glass of wine.

We got back to our room and I suddenly felt very hot, but my face was icecold, I called to hubby who came and talked to me and that's the last thing I remember until this morning when I wake up in bed feeling utterly drained.

Hubby has filled in the missing timeline, apparently despite him talking to me I went a deathly shade of white the sweat was pouring off me and I totally passed out. I was out for 5 minutes and he brought me round by slapping my hand face and knuckles in my chest.

He then put a cold cloth on my neck and face got me to drink some water and eat something sweet kept me awake for 30 mins then finally let me sleep (as I said I don't remember any of this)

Do I need to seek medical assistance apart from feeling drained I feel a little nauseous

Did he do the the right thing he is concerned that this may happen again

Typical it happens on my birthday whilst we are abroad

Thanks

[Sqad]

\\\I had spent a lovely afternoon sitting in a bar listening to music over a course of 5 hours I had 4 drinks. Then 3 hours later I had a balanced meal with a glass of wine.\\

5 hours, sitting, drinking, eating, plus the significant underlying medical conditions that you have had for years (based on my assumption that you have had other AB usernames) and there would be a very logical explanation of your "faint."
No big deal.

However i do agree with other posters, that there are many conditions that could explain your symptoms and a visit to your GP,re. blood tests (thyroid) and perhaps ECG may allay your anxiety.

Yes I think given the story, your husband acted very appropriately.

\\\\Sqad has accused me of scaremongering on more than one occasion before \\\///Buenchico.

That is because you and the links go straight for the "dramatic" rather than the "common or garden" explanations and these posts can certainly "spook" posters, particularly some on AB. However this has been less evident in your posts over the past 3or 4 years, but one day the "bizarre" may well happen.

In medicine.....commonest things occur commonest. Diagnosis is all about listening to the patient, examination and investigation and from then on..."playing the odds."

[wolf63]

Sqad, Islay is currently in the US will she be okay for her to wait until she gets back the recall world to seek medical attention?

The time difference infuses me so I don't know when she will be able to get back to this thread.

[Sqad]

Wolf....yes, I would wait until she gets back, as long as she feels perfectly well in herself and feels fit enough to fly.
Is she in Las Vegas again?

[wolf63]

I have just read what I posted and it bears no resemblance to what I typed.

[rockyracoon]

This is exactly what happened to me after a fateful lunch at The Shard, only I passed out on the concourse of Liverpool St station. A&E found low blood pressure that returned to normal, bloods etc all fine. My BP does tend to be at the lower end of normal. They called it something like a venal vega (sp) episode. Went to follow up at GP and she is convinced (as I was) that the lift in The Shard dropped my BP. I'll never travel in one of those fast ones again.

[Sqad]

Vaso-vagal (faint)

[Khandro]

//We got back to our room and I suddenly felt very hot,//

What did getting back to your room entail (I think it's a hotel isn't it?) did you have to climb many stairs?

[Islay]

Lol rocky raccoon over the course of years this has happened in a hospital room whilst visiting mil, the toilets of a restaurant, a cinema, a shopping centre, in my own home and now on the toilet in my hotel.

Khandro no stairs I took the lift, it has been investigated by Drs each time but they can find nothing only one suggestion was it was an insulin dump

[wolf63]

Do you have polycystic ovaries? It makes you insulin resistant and, in my case anyway, diabetic. The bit about being deathly white and sweating - usually my head and face - sounds familiar.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

[Islay]

I don't wolf. Feel fabulous today which is good as we are back on the road today xx

[dieseldick]

what ? you really need to ask on here ? my god

[Islay]

Lol dick given some of the questions you've asked that's a bit rich!!

[237SJ]

Just seen this - Buenchico my "medical manual" is not out of date. I don`t have a medical manual as everything is stored in my head and I retrain every 12 months.