NWR- passing out

no!!! Oh dear... I think that you need sugar or something... isn't that what they always say...

Feel Better!

Oh, I'm sorry! What did the doctor say when you told him this? Did he/she say that some people have this reaction?

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Posted by glinda_goodwitch

Oh, I'm sorry! What did the doctor say when you told him this? Did he/she say that some people have this reaction?

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No, she just said that some people have occular something that the minute anything touches their eye, they're blood pressure drops significantly.

This happens to me every time I go to the allergist. No particular reason why, I went through a ton of tests the first two times it happened. It's like a switch in my brain.

I wouldn't worry too much unless your doctor can figure out a reason why.

Sounds crazy, but I pass out very easily - Dr's have told me it is just mind over matter. I know that it is a metal thing too, because if I don't think about it, I'm okay. Once that numbing sensation occurs, however, it takes alot for me to remain conscious. Embarassing, but I almost passed out in the dentist's office a couple of weeks ago - FH makes fun of me! Believe it or not, I know other people that have similar reactions to needles, novacaine, anesthesia (local), etc.

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Posted by jimmysgrl

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Posted by glinda_goodwitch

Oh, I'm sorry! What did the doctor say when you told him this? Did he/she say that some people have this reaction?

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No, she just said that some people have occular something that the minute anything touches their eye, they're blood pressure drops significantly.

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Were you having the glaucoma test? I have fainted from the glaucoma test where they numb your eye and touch it with the instrument. The puff-of-air test doesn't bother me. It was wierd, I was in the examination chair with my face on the thing at the eye dr., then I felt funny, and the next thing I knew I was in a regular chair across the room being handed a cup of water with people running around all worried about me. The eye dr. told me that like 1 in 500 people have the problem that they faint when something is going to touch their eye and the eye is numb. A guy I used to work with had the same problem, too. Apparently it is more common in men.

I only get the puff-of-air glaucoma test now and I have not had a problem, though I am still always nervous at the eye doctor!

Also, my blood pressure is normally pretty low.

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Posted by NYCtoSEA

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Posted by jimmysgrl

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Posted by glinda_goodwitch

Oh, I'm sorry! What did the doctor say when you told him this? Did he/she say that some people have this reaction?

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No, she just said that some people have occular something that the minute anything touches their eye, they're blood pressure drops significantly.

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Were you having the glaucoma test? I have fainted from the glaucoma test where they numb your eye and touch it with the instrument. The puff-of-air test doesn't bother me. It was wierd, I was in the examination chair with my face on the thing at the eye dr., then I felt funny, and the next thing I knew I was in a regular chair across the room being handed a cup of water with people running around all worried about me. The eye dr. told me that like 1 in 500 people have the problem that they faint when something is going to touch their eye and the eye is numb. A guy I used to work with had the same problem, too. Apparently it is more common in men.

I only get the puff-of-air glaucoma test now and I have not had a problem, though I am still always nervous at the eye doctor!

Also, my blood pressure is normally pretty low.

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How amazing! That's exactly what part of the exam I was going through!!!!!!! She wrote down on my chart to never give the anesthesia again and I hadn't even been nervous at all even sitting in the waiting room so it was so out of nowhere that it came on!

Awwww. I'm glad it's nothing to worry about