Thread: AA and fainting
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Old Tue Aug 16, 2011, 10:34 AM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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John never had any fainting spells. How's your blood pressure. Some get dizzy and can pass out when BP is very low when they get up from laying down or sitting. The pressure's not high enough to respond to the increase need for blood to the brain.

Pay attention to your breathing when it starts. If you are hyperventilating with shallow chest breathing it could cause you to pass out.

The other thing to consider is pre-menopause/menopause hotflashes. Some faint with hotflashes when they first start.

I don't think a hgb of 11 would be the cause. Have you seen your GP about this.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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