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What Causes Passing Out Spells After Patello Femerol Reconstruction?

My daughter had surgery June 27th patello femerol reconstruction, she had a spell 3 weeks after of passing out after taking a shower, she felt sick while standing to take the shower and we sat her down, a minute later she was out, looked almost like life leaving her body... She went pale and eyes locked and dilated, withing seconds she came to but did not remember anything, it happened againas soon as we got her out of the tub so we called paramedics which came and toke her to hospital where she stayed for 2 days, they ran test, cardiac enzymes, cat scans, echocardiogram and all came back normal, she again had another spell while in the shower this afternoon feeling dizzy and faint and she sat down and got herself together, she is still in a knee brace and taking therapy 3 days a week, she starts driving next week and I am very concerned of her being alone???
Wed, 26 Nov 2014
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After going through your query I concluded that your daughter get vagovagal shock two times as her all investigation came normal. Vagovagal shock occur in response to pain due to movements of knee at operated site. Whenever anyone feels pain,in response to pain there is momentary loss of blood pressure. Whenever someone got this type of shock he should immediately lie down with head down and legs elevated so that blood circulation go to brain. Recovery is generally very fast. You can discuss your doctor about it. Hope your query get answered. If you have any clarification then please don't hesitate to write to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. You can also write to me directly on below link:
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Wishing you good health. Take care.
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What Causes Passing Out Spells After Patello Femerol Reconstruction?

Hi Welcome to healhcaremagic After going through your query I concluded that your daughter get vagovagal shock two times as her all investigation came normal. Vagovagal shock occur in response to pain due to movements of knee at operated site. Whenever anyone feels pain,in response to pain there is momentary loss of blood pressure. Whenever someone got this type of shock he should immediately lie down with head down and legs elevated so that blood circulation go to brain. Recovery is generally very fast. You can discuss your doctor about it. Hope your query get answered. If you have any clarification then please don t hesitate to write to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. You can also write to me directly on below link: https://www.bit.ly/askdrsudhirortho Wishing you good health. Take care.