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Hyperventilation and Fainting
My daughter has been going thru a condition where she hyperventilates and then faints. It all started in May’22. From once a month, it increased to once a week to multiple times a week. Surprisingly, she didn’t have any episode during Aug’22 when we were in India for a holiday. Also, most of her fainting episodes occurred in school. We have witnessed only 2 incidents During the episode we witnessed, she was happily dancing in our family party. She suddenly sat on a chair when I asked her what happened, there were tears in her eyes, she then started hyperventilating & then she fainted. The fainting lasted for 3-4 mins. We are struggling to understand if it is physical health issue, a mental health issue or a mental issue that triggers physical issues. She has been home for the last 10 days as it is winter holidays here and she didn’t have any episode of hyperventilation or fainting while she was having frequent episodes 10 days before the vacations started. Her vitals are normal.
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Need to show ur nearest Pediatric neurophysician
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This is due to instability to new place. May be the language, the teacher scolding or not getting settled with other students. Child psychologist opinion. She has not settled to the new place.
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This needs some basic evaluation like ECG before we say it is a mental health issue. Although your story is more in favour of a mental health issue a consultation will help answer a lot of questions
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