The cardiovascular diseases

THE LOSSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

- Definition
- A few explanations
- Symptoms
- The Causes :
          - In a first stage thephysician is going to achieve his investigation
          - Epilepsy
          - Cardiac losses of consciousness
          - Cerebrovascular disorders
          - The syncopes due to a disorder of the metabolism
          - The psychosomatic origin

DEFINITION

A loss of consciousness is defined as the subject’s suspension of his conscious relationships with the outside world, during a time generally lower than 3 minutes but beyond this interval of time the diagnosis of coma is made.

During a loss of consciousness, the subject continues to breathe, his heart beats but he is unconscious. A loss of consciousness is generally associated to a fall.

It is an extremely frequent symptom in the population, which can be dangerous according to circumstances (driving vehicles in particular) and poses the problem of its cause.

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File last reviewed on dec 18, 2011