mattia_v
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With spontaneous recovery? A functional/psychological component is at the top of my list, after ruling out drugs, metabolic or neurological issues. Vagal or cardiovascular syncope generally involves much briefer loss of consciousness, and hypercapnia should resolve rapidly in a healthy individual breathing normally at the surface.That she was so unresponsive especially for so long had me doubting anything postural as well, but that’s the best the MD who spent quite some time with her and her family came up with. What could cause her to go lights out that suddenly and severely? It almost certainly wasn’t a diabetic issue and there wasn’t any trauma.