my 13 year old faints!!!

[jendawn]

About a year ago my then12 year old daughter started passing out at school. After the 2nd time I took her to the family doctor thats when he found the irregular heart beat he the sent her to a cardiologist . We tried medicans, that did no good. so then in march we had a pace maker put in. She still passed out at school (a few times diffrent places but most of the time at school) so we had a good summer the last time she passed out was May 3 2008 then school started Aug. 13 2008 on the 15 she passed out the cadiologist said leave her be, see how long shes out but watch blood preasure. On the 15 she was out for 45 minutes that was Friday. We had a good weekend back to school on  Monday and she passed out again in her math class where she was out for approximently 1 hour and 5 minutes. at this point as her mother I DO NOT know what else to do! Any information would be great just looking for some help!

[andie3330]

Is you daughter being seen at a major pediatric medical center? I think if I were you, I might take her out of school until you can get to the bottom of this. I don't think it is acceptable to allow a child to regularly pass out at school - it seems to me that this is too risky a situation.  

[heart_of_mine]

While your daughter was unconscious for an hour at school were paramedics called? Was her heart rate monitored during this time? I would ask for a referal to a pediatric cardiac Electrophysiologist (heart rhythm specialist) and soon! Check out the SADS website for info on heart rhythm disorders affecting the young. Do you have any family history of sudden deaths?

[dolfnlvr]

I would suggest that you visit a neurologist to rule out narcolepsy or a similar condition called cataplexy.  These conditions can render the sufferer unconcious, or apparently unconcious, for long periods and can be charactarized by extremely hard to detect vital signs.  Breathing becomes shallow, heart rate is reduced and weak, and often a pulse/blood pressure is undetectable, though this is not a "requirement."  

It could be that your child is experiencing this sort of neurologic reaction that is being diagnosed as a heart rhythm disturbance because of the effect of the "fainting" on the vital signs.

Good luck!