Vasovagal Syncope

[blacktee92675 120]

Any post-op sleevers that have a confirmed diagnosis of vasovagal syncope? Mine was confirmed via several test, but the final was the tilt table test. I'm wondering if anyone with this condition had experienced any change since being sleeved. I'm in week three of post-op, and this thought just occurred to me after reading a few posts of people passing out.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Do you have neurocardiogenic syncope? And did you have it pre-op, or do you mean it started since surgery? I do know someone with a sleeve who had NCS pre-op, but just trying to understand what you are dealing with.

Edited March 26, 2015 by MichiganChic

[LovinSoul 113]

I am a 6 mo. post-op sleever and had vasovagal attacks twice since surgery but never before. Both times I had overeaten by just a small amount or eaten too fast, and I fainted. I am much more careful with my eating habits now and so far haven't had an attack in a couple of months.

[blacktee92675 120]

@MichiganChic. Yes, vasovagal syncope is the same thing as neurocardiogenic syncope. It occurs in response to a trigger, with a corresponding malfunction in the Vagus nerve which regulates heart rate and blood pressure. When heart rate slows, blood pressure drops, and the resulting lack of blood to the brain causes fainting. Folks who are diagnosed with this are confirmed by what's called a "tilt table" test. A positive result is achieved when the individual essentially flatlines on the tilt table. While the tilt table test can be horrifying, the condition itself is really not hard to live with once one is aware of it and knows how to handle.

I was diagnosed with this several years ago (pre sleeve). I'm just wondering if there are others with WLS with the same condition who have experienced any changes post WLS ... better, worse, unchanged...?

[blacktee92675 120]

@LovinSoul. Have you been positively diagnosed with this a neurocardiogenic condition?

[LovinSoul 113]

No previous diagnosis.