Anyone else had a teenager that faints a lot?

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In the last 6 weeks my 14 year old has fainted twice. The first time i found her on the kitchen floor and she was taking a while to come round so an ambulance took her to hospital. They couldn’t find a cause.

A few days ago it happened again. This time she came round quicker. I called the doctor and she is having a blood test tomorrow. The fainting always happens soon after waking up.

Has anyone experienced this before?

Oh this is/was me. It’s reassuring to read that others have the same thing.

I still faint twice a year, once in the spring and once in the autumn. It’s quite odd. The only thing I can link it to is insomnia.

A friend's daughter used to faint and it was due to a problem with her blood vessels. As far as I remember, she grew out of it.

Another one here who fainted constantly as a teenager- anaemia (v heavy periods) and low blood pressure here too. I had to give up fencing because the heavy suit + physical activity meant I fainted every bloody time.

Funny that a few people have mentioned pregnancy- I fainted a lot in pregnancy too, the doctor put it down to exhaustion and I never really connected it to fainting as a teenager!

Thank you.

Dd had her bloods taken this morning which was interesting as she is scared of needles! I had to breath her through it, the actual blood test only took a minute.

We are definitely making sure she drinks and gets up slowly in the morning. Making sure she is eating three decent meals and drinking plenty each day. Also monitoring her sleep and not allowing her phone in the room as i’m sure some nights she must be on it until late. I started her on the liquid iron today also. Can’t think of anything else i can do.

Fingers crossed they can get to the bottom of it. I’d be a bit wary about putting her on iron before you know if she’s anaemic (you can easily faint without anaemia), given extra iron has the side effect of constipation (plus the cost, potentially unnecessarily). There are plenty of simple, free things you can try right away, as listed in various previous posts, and only do the iron if the doctors identify an iron deficiency.

The other things (keep hydrated, stand up slowly from lying/sitting, eat enough and always eat breakfast, get enough sleep, lie down with feet elevated immediately she feels even slightly dizzy) may well prevent the faints.

My son has fainted a few times. I wonder with him if being very tall (6’5”) is a factor. He’s very fit too, but if he’s hungry I think he can feel faint.

My DS went through this when he had a rapid growth spurt. He was referred to hospital and the doctor diagnosed this

www.everydayhealth.com/news/essential-facts-about-orthostatic-hypotension/

Apparently it’s quite common in teens

I was a teenager that fainted a lot.

It was low blood pressure, due to not drinking water, and not eating much at all.