help please

[anxious108]

Hi, i'm not really sure where i would place this question...

My girlfriend 16 over the past year has been having breathing issues. She describes it as her chest tightening up and having tachycardia. Also i believe her heartbeat becomes irregular. She's very prone to passing out, although some of those cases were due to a bad mix of sunscreen and bugspray. Anyway, recently she passed out unexpectedly. Usually she can tell if she's going to pass out so she'll remove herself from what she's doing and go lie down or something, but in this case she just collapsed. She also had a pretty bad headache after she cameto.  I was wondering if anyone had any advice on this issue?

We (my girlfriend and I) both want her to see a doctor but her mom's opposed to it saying that she's not  taking care of herself and that she should learn to responsible etc first. I understand why her mom could think this...but she's really very responsible and I don't think anything she's done could have directly caused this... In anycase, I feel her medical condition is too severe to ignore if she's passing out unexpectedly.

I don't know if this is relevent but she's also very prone to stress. Also she seems more prone to these "attacks" when she's exercising or exercised recently.

Thanks everyone for any help you can give. I know the symptoms are very vague, but seeing as she can't see a doctor, I felt this was another good course of action.

[Jster]

Hi, I am the mother of a teen girl, it is also just me and her. I would be very worried if this was happening to her. If it might be true that she isn't taking good care of herself, going to a doctor and hearing it from the professional would help. So that is not a good excuse for her Mom to give. Maybe your girlfriend should say another reason for needing to go see a Dr.? Some reason that Mom couldn't argue with? Then she could tell the Dr. all of her symptoms. I hope something works out. At least she has someone to care about her in you!

[anxious108]

Thank you for your quick response. Yes I'm really quite aware of that and I really wish she would. I feel the same that her mom wouldn't want her to see a doctor... but unfortunately, I think her mom's trying to teach some moral lesson at the cost of my girlfriends health. Her family's just her and her mom unfortunately in this case. Yes, I'll suggest that to her. Thank you again.