My friend keeps fainting almost everyday. Shes individual 15 & nearly evryday at school she just...faint. She said its because she has panic attacks and she have tablets, im no doctor but im pretty sure its not panic attacks-she doesn't hypoventilate or anything she just suddenly pass out. At school today I was sitting on the desk trailing her and she just suddenly passed out, fell off her stool onto the floor she hit a head a bit but it wasn't bad. Then our trainer runs up and says 'oh no she's fainted again' and we adjectives had to pass our coats to hold on to her warm and hold her on her side. She was unconcious for nearly 5-7 mins, didn't move or anything, just layed on the floor, it was pretty worrisome. And then one of the schools medical staff come in and told us not to worry it happen 'day to day'. She did finally come round and then she go home. But it's not the first time ive seen her faint - see it 4 times in school infact. Does anyone know what could be wrong?

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Answers:    There are cause of syncope (fainting) and it's difficult to tell you exactly what is causing hers but here are a few possibilities that are the most feasible at her age.
1. orthostatic hypotension: caused by dehydration. there isn't plenty fluid in the blood vessels and, when the entity stand from a sitting/lying down position, blood leaves the head & the person become dizzy or faints.
2. cardiomyopathy: disease of the muscle of the heart that can cause syncope when the heart fail to pump enough blood to the head.
3. narcolepsy: a neurologic disorder that cause a person to suddenly and involuntarily fall into a adjectives sleep no matter what they are doing at the time. this can be triggered by a number of things(stress, elation, humor, excitement, arousal, etc.)
4. seizure disorders: she might not be passing out, she may be have some form of a seizure.
5. malnutrition: does she hold an eating disorder?
6. vasomotor syncope: due to overactivity of the vagus nerve which is an substantial mediator of the parasympathetic nervous system. this can usually be brought on by stressful, scratchy, or claustrophobic experiences.

Either way this is a serious issue as she is at risk of seriously harming herself and/or others around her when she faint. She absolutely needs to be evaluated by a physician..

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People woozy if they don't have the right proteins and nutrients your body needs. For instance, a friend of mine other fainted and it was because she be a Vegan-not saying all Vegans shaky. She also had some kind of consumption disorder which didn't help the fact she be a Vegan becasue most days she went all daytime without eating anything except crude veggies and V8 juice. You should trust the medical explanation, unless you know something she is doing that she is not telling, afterwards let a teacher know..

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If she is weakly underweight and anorexic that could well be the cause.

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