Syncope called brief loss of consciousness due to a violation of blood flow to the brain. The cause is usually a sharp decrease in blood pressure. During fainting people fall. Each such drop may result in injury. It continues to swoon just a couple of minutes.
There are different versions of fainting. The most common reflex syncope. He started provoking factor, which is called trigger. It can be fear, pain, medical procedure or stay in a stuffy room.
Reflex syncope does not begin immediately. He has forerunners such as dizziness, sweating or nausea. This kind of syncope can be prevented.
The most reliable means of
The best way to fainting prevention - is to avoid provoking situations. Someone is harmful to use public transport in the heat, and to someone it is desirable to avoid dehydration. Each person with reflex syncope has its own weaknesses. Such triggers know better.
suitable means
If there were precursors, the faint can still be prevented. This is not the best way of prevention, but it works.
short precursors
Sometimes a person knows that he fainted develops quickly. In this case, you should immediately lie down and raise the legs. If you can not go, then you need to sit down and tilt your head down.
The latest symptom before fainting - it Blackouts. After a few seconds it remain unconscious. In this situation, you need to go to bed and nothing else to do, otherwise you may fall off and do something to hurt.
long precursors
If syncope begins with nausea, sweating or other symptoms, it is possible to try to make counterpressure maneuvers. The meaning of these maneuvers in muscle tension.
Before syncope sharply dilate blood vessels, and reduced blood pressure. If you strain muscles, it is possible to increase the pressure. Here are the three most popular maneuver:
- Squeeze a rubber ball in your hand diameter 5 - 6 cm or similar object;
- In a standing position to cross his legs, stretch the muscles of the thighs, buttocks, abdomen;
- Concatenate the front of the chest and arm trying to pull them apart.
It is necessary to stretch the muscles so long until all the harbingers.
OK, but unreliable means
Some ways to prevent fainting focused on long-term prevention. They are complex and not very reliable, but the benefits outweigh the harm from them. Such methods offer only young people without heart disease.
Water and salt
Regular consumption of additional water and salt helps to increase blood pressure and prevent fainting.
Recommended to drink daily 2 - 3 l liquid. It is better to focus on the color of urine. With a lack of water it will be dark yellow, and should be light.
You need to eat more salt. It is advisable to 10 g per day. Do not recommend to get involved in a diet low in sodium.
orthostatic training
This exercise resistance to the vertical position of the body. There is a chance that a few months of training will help get rid of fainting.
Training is carried out at home in the presence of someone from the family members. One or two times a day to stand with his back against the wall, with his feet in 20 cm from the wall. In the case of fainting person in this position does not fall and slide down. training need 30 - 60 minutes in a day. The effect can be expected in less than a month.
What not to do
The main damage to the senseless actions that they take away precious time. It is better to focus efforts on counter-maneuvers.
Fresh air
No need to look for fresh air. Stuffy room starts faint, but fresh air does not help to prevent it. This misconception has come to us from the nineteenth century, when it is not understood fainting mechanisms. Air search takes time, and the harbingers end loss of consciousness. So you can fall and get hurt.
clothing
No need to unbutton her clothes and a belt. Conversely tight belt prevents sudden pressure drop.
Ammonia
You do not need to smell ammonia. This method is not an official recommendation. There were cases when drops of ammonia into the eyes and cause corneal burns.
Help foreign
Do not lift the unconscious person. Fainting - it samorazreshayuscheesya state. In the horizontal position, a person quickly recovers. If you try to hold it vertically, it will only get worse. Start cramping that frighten others. Then he will have to undergo unnecessary examinations to rule out epilepsy.
The mechanism of syncope is understandable, but still can not be some procedure to correct bad reflexes. Therefore, people with syncope need to understand the problem. It is useful to teach their family members and associates explain in advance, as it can be.
