smurf001
Feb 7, 2010, 10:03 PM
Hi,
Im new to this site and hoping someone can help me.
I have a 16 year old son who has suffered from sudden blackouts for 4 years now.
4 years ago this was diagnosed as being a problem with low blood pressure causing him to blackout (visually).
Since then things have gotten worse.
About a year ago his blackouts would end with his heart racing so fast and hard it could be seen from a few feet away.
He was soon diagnosed as having a very slow heartrate (average resting rate of 45-50bpm).
Since then he has started getting chest pains (a tightness pain is described by him, although this seems to be worse when breathing in).
He also gets dizzy spells and sudden pains in his head when he stands up.
He has in the past had a 24 brain monitor (eeg) to check for epilepsy and recently had a 24 haulter monitor (ecg) and a tilt test at the children's hospital.
Other than that little has been done to diagnose him. The overall opinion from the consultant is that this is a bp problem as opposed to a heart problem but my faith is fading fast as he is generally being left to suffer and miss a lot of schooling in the process as he is frequently being sent home when chest pains arise.
I am at my wits end. Whatever this is, it is getting worse over time and I'm getting to the point where I don't like him being too far away. He has had to say no to a school trip already as we don't know what we are dealing with.
I would appreciate any advice or ideas please.
Thanks in advance,
Cheryl (a very worried mother)
Im new to this site and hoping someone can help me.
I have a 16 year old son who has suffered from sudden blackouts for 4 years now.
4 years ago this was diagnosed as being a problem with low blood pressure causing him to blackout (visually).
Since then things have gotten worse.
About a year ago his blackouts would end with his heart racing so fast and hard it could be seen from a few feet away.
He was soon diagnosed as having a very slow heartrate (average resting rate of 45-50bpm).
Since then he has started getting chest pains (a tightness pain is described by him, although this seems to be worse when breathing in).
He also gets dizzy spells and sudden pains in his head when he stands up.
He has in the past had a 24 brain monitor (eeg) to check for epilepsy and recently had a 24 haulter monitor (ecg) and a tilt test at the children's hospital.
Other than that little has been done to diagnose him. The overall opinion from the consultant is that this is a bp problem as opposed to a heart problem but my faith is fading fast as he is generally being left to suffer and miss a lot of schooling in the process as he is frequently being sent home when chest pains arise.
I am at my wits end. Whatever this is, it is getting worse over time and I'm getting to the point where I don't like him being too far away. He has had to say no to a school trip already as we don't know what we are dealing with.
I would appreciate any advice or ideas please.
Thanks in advance,
Cheryl (a very worried mother)