Take Fainting To Heart
Unexplained fainting can leave you feeling vulnerable. Now’s the time—learn more, take control.
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Welcome
If you’ve experienced occasional fainting, you may be puzzled by why the episodes occur. The reason for fainting or “blacking out” often goes undiagnosed. It’s important to get to the bottom of unexplained, repeat fainting. Some fainting causes are harmless. Others can be life threatening. This website is dedicated to helping you get quickly up to speed on this condition.
Take time to understand unexplained fainting. The more you know, the more prepared you are to take action.
Featured Content
Fortunately, there are treatment options for fainting. The goal of these treatments is to prevent a recurrence... More
If your healthcare team suspects that the fainting is due to a heart-related cause, heart monitoring can help determine the right treatment... More
Take action! Learn about lifestyle changes, medication, or an insertable cardiac monitor... More
Patients' Stories
New Debbie is cardiac nurse. When she first fainted, she wasn’t alarmed. Then she started fainting regularly…More
New One day while transporting a patient in an ambulance, Forrest, a paramedic, fainted behind the wheel…More
New Gail’s fainting episode was followed days later by the sensation of an electrical current running down the left side of her body…More
New After working outdoors for hours in the hot sun, Kelli collapsed. She thought little of it, until she fainted again…More
New For 15 years, Lloyd had periodic fainting episodes. After a collapse left him unable to talk or move, his doctors tried a different type of heart monitor…More