POTS patients typically experience a marked rise in heart rate when standing and a complex combination of symptoms, including dizziness, brain fog, fainting, headache and fatigue, among many others.

Vasovagal syncope (VVS) usually occurs during orthostatic stress when the patient experiences not only a pooling of 500–700 ml of blood in dependent vessels, but also a progressive loss of a ...

Unlike a seizure, the person who faints usually regains alertness soon after regaining consciousness. Three percent of adults age 30-62 have an episode of syncope, but 6% of those older than 75 faint.

Wilson says the discovery of a fainting reflex could eventually help patients with disorders that affect blood flow to the brain. WILSON: This is probably a new door to go through for treatments ...

Unlike a seizure, the person who faints usually regains alertness soon after regaining consciousness. Three percent of adults age 30-62 have an episode of syncope, but 6% of those older than 75 faint.

Overall, patients with syncope had a higher median risk score compared with patients who did not have syncope, 1.8 (1.57-2.00) vs 1.47 (1.28-1.67) and their long-term survival was worse.

Researchers tracked the driving record of 9,223 people who visited an emergency department for fainting, medically known as syncope. They also examined 34,366 patients who visited the emergency ...

Vasovagal syncope (VVS) usually occurs during orthostatic stress when the patient experiences not only a pooling of 500–700 ml of blood in dependent vessels, but also a progressive loss of a similar ...