Not a week goes by in practice where I don’t see a patient who hasn’t collapsed or had a dizzy spell.
There are so many reasons for this, some preventable, some not. I look at some of the syndromes that lead to these issues.
Links:
Fainting: https://www.healthline.com/health/fainting#causes
Pseudoseizures (non-eplieptic seizures): https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24517-psychogenic-nonepileptic-seizure-pnes
Absence seizures: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/petit-mal-seizure/symptoms-causes/syc-20359683
Epilepsy and driving: https://www.gov.uk/epilepsy-and-driving
BPPV (a type of vertigo): https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/11858-benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv
Patient perspective of Mal de Debarquement syndrome: https://www.rarediseaseday.org/heroes/a-uk-patient-perspective-on-mal-de-debarquement-syndrome/
Heartblock: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heart-block/
Gluten ataxia: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320730
Proprioception: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/proprioception
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