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Got pale, fainted, focal seziure, and headache...

My nephew was out getting his face painted, while the other kids were being painted, he got pale, had to sit down, and once he walked outside, passed out for a few minutes with a blank stare. What seems odd is he had felt this way before when getting his face painted, a year or two back. He is 10 now and has a fear of clowns. Could the face paint bring on an anxiety attack like this at the presence or site of face paint? His cousin, who already had his face painted, rode to the hospital with him, and the sight of him made him light-headed again. He's had school letters painted on him before, as well as other stuff like that, but to be around white faced kids caused him to faint.
He's to have tests run next week, but his dad and I feel like it couldn't be allergic, he only had a little paint on him. He fears clowns, so could the sight and smell of the face paint trigger an anxiety attack to where he, gets pale, passes out, has a blank stare, headache, and not remember parts of the happening?
Thanks for any help!
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599170 tn?1300973893
i dont think a link to the fear is worse, and I really think your on to something with the visual and smeeling senses settting off these spells, I cant recommned how strongly I think he needs a neurological work up,
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Thanks for the post.
The clown fear has been with him all his life. He has been around them, and not been that bad off but this face painting reminded him of how he felt faint when his Mom had brought out the face paint at home.
When he was taken to the ER, they said for him to have some tests and scans to try and figure out what it might be. He does have stomach migraines, but he said that it felt different than that.
I guess it's the inconsistency of some paint ok, but the presence and smell of other 'seemed' to set him off. And if it's a fear of clowns that does it, why doesn't he faint in their presence?
I'm just new to people fainting and having seizures, and was just curious if a link to a fear could be worse than the fear itself and cause these reactions?
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599170 tn?1300973893
ok re= read sen hes 10, get to the root of the fear, still see a dr, he may recomend an eeg.
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599170 tn?1300973893
I believe in ruling out the physical before  asssuming its pscy, this child sounds like he needs a neurological work up, this could be an epileptic trigger, If all comes out fine with the physical, he either goes for some short term cognative therapy or avoids clowns forever, btw how old is he and did he ever watch a really scary clown movie like steven kings "IT"
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