jmsst2
07-15-2008, 01:36 AM
Hello everyone,
I had a quick question. Just today I took my girlfriend to the doctors to get some blood work done. She is healthy, this was just for a physical. She has never had her blood taken that she can remember. She is about 4'9'', and ate breakfast. At about 10:10am she had her blood drawn. All went well, then when it was over she passed out for about 10 seconds. Maybe after 2 seconds of passing out she had one or two quick convulsions. Nothing overly violent, but nonetheless, I was concerned. I haven't dealt with many people passing out, but when I have, I have never seen convulsions. Can anyone relate to this? Does this happen to some people?
The only reason I didn't totally freak out is due to the fact that she had blood drawn, and nothing injected into her. If she had something injected then I would think maybe she had a reaction to whatever she had injected. But the case is she simply had blood drawn.
Thanks for any input. I am going to ask a doctor as well, but I simply cannot stop thinking about it, so I decided to give this a try. Thanks again!
I had a quick question. Just today I took my girlfriend to the doctors to get some blood work done. She is healthy, this was just for a physical. She has never had her blood taken that she can remember. She is about 4'9'', and ate breakfast. At about 10:10am she had her blood drawn. All went well, then when it was over she passed out for about 10 seconds. Maybe after 2 seconds of passing out she had one or two quick convulsions. Nothing overly violent, but nonetheless, I was concerned. I haven't dealt with many people passing out, but when I have, I have never seen convulsions. Can anyone relate to this? Does this happen to some people?
The only reason I didn't totally freak out is due to the fact that she had blood drawn, and nothing injected into her. If she had something injected then I would think maybe she had a reaction to whatever she had injected. But the case is she simply had blood drawn.
Thanks for any input. I am going to ask a doctor as well, but I simply cannot stop thinking about it, so I decided to give this a try. Thanks again!
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jammyslisa
07-15-2008, 01:48 PM
It sounds as though she had a seizure or two. She needs to go to her doctor and maybe you could go with her to describe to her doctor what you saw.
Lisa
Lisa
AuntieLeela
07-15-2008, 07:14 PM
Do a search on "anoxic seizure".
It's not true seizure activity, it's due to lack of oxygen in the brain after fainting.
It's not true seizure activity, it's due to lack of oxygen in the brain after fainting.
babyluv45
07-15-2008, 08:01 PM
It's pretty common. The muscles just seize up after fainting, I wouldn't worry about that too much instead focus on the reason she fainted.