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[TracyAdmin]

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[041051]

Good morning Tracy, I feel like an imposter really. I saw on my patient records a couple of years ago that I had been diagnosed with Syncope. No one has ever discussed this diagnosis with me so I'm not sure where I stand medically. In 2007 I was crossing the road and as I got to the kerb I went flat on my face. I supposed that I had tripped on the kerb but I don't remember anything. I picked myself up and apart from a broken finger I escaped serious injury. The next time something similar happened was in 2014 when I fell down some stairs without any knowledge of why it happened. On that occasion I damaged ligaments in my ankle. My G.P. did an ECG and referred me to a neuropathy consultant. He did some basic tests and ruled out epilepsy and that was really the only medical intervention I have had. I'm assuming that Syncope became the default diagnosis. I have other health issues and I sometimes wonder if some of them are connected but everyone I see seems to want to just deal with each individual issue and not take an holistic approach.

[TracyAdmin Partner STARS in reply to 041051]

Hello and thank you for your post, we are very pleased to welcome you to the Forum. Syncope is a blackout caused by a sudden lack of blood supply to the brain, a fall in blood pressure and heart rate results in a lack of blood supply to the brain, so there is no such thing as a simple faint. Please get in touch with our Patient Services Team who are here to help [e-mail] or call our helpline 01789 867 503 if you would like some advice or further information?

[041051 in reply to TracyAdmin]

Thank you, I will email later today. I look forward to discovering more and maybe feeling better equipped to discuss it with my G.P. I had the misfortune to change G.P's last February so I've never actually met him, but he seems to be willing to listen (I was told I no longer needed B12 injections but he responded to my email and reinstated them). Thank you for taking the time to contact me and for the information.

[TracyAdmin Partner STARS in reply to 041051]

You are welcome - we look forward to hearing from you shortly.