Re: Fainting/Collapse

Phil Woods (prw@okway.okstate.edu)
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 12:44:37 -0800

I agree that narcolepsy is a possibility, but narcoleptics do not tend
to hit the ground, they catch themselves before that happens. Do not
exclude other possibilities such as exercise-induced cardiac
arrythmias or other cardiac disease; you would need to perform an ecg
and echocardiography at the time of the episode, also get blood
samples at that time to evaluate transient electrolyte abnormalities.


Phil Woods.