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14 yo female. Low bs and sinus arrhythmia

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amanda87883
amanda87883

Mom to a 14 yo, F, caucasion, 5' 7". 114lbs.

She went unresponsive on me last night. she was out about a minute. States she didnt feel anything wrong; suddenly heard ringing in her ears, headache and fogginess. She says she heard me call her name once, remembers nothing after that. Her breathe was acidotic, she drank some juice- about half a bottle.

We got her upstairs, and she was very pale, foggy and kept zoning out for lack of better word. she was slow. she started feeling poorly again and right before she had another spell, she told us she couldnt feel her legs.

She had been drinking and eating well throughout the day. She had an after school snack hours before. she states she did not smoke/vape. She is on fay 4 of a light period.

We called 911. Ambulance came. BS was 4.5 when they arrived. They gave her sugar and within 15 mins she was up to a BS of 5.

At the hospital, she had bloodwork, urine test and ECG/EKG. Dont know the difference. her bloodwork all came back normal. BS was 7. the doctor does not feel that it was caused by BS.

The doctor notes that her heart test was concerning. she called it sinus arrythemia. When I look this up, it says its not big deal- the doctor pulled me aside and told me she iant teying to scare me, but to limit all sports as this is concernjng. That others have collapsed on the feild before with this.

we are awaiting a teferal to a ped. and a halter monitor. what the he k is going on? any insight?

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  • jx41870
    jx41870 amanda87883

    Posted

    I think this is kind of beyond an Internet discussion group. The low blood sugar is the biggest anomaly, at that level it explains her blinking out.

    If you gave her juice, but her blood sugar was still so low when the ambulance came - I don't know what to make of that.

    Maybe make sure you have blood sugar tester at home and test before meals, and anytime she doesn't feel well. Holter monitor probably a good idea too, but the arrhythmia could just be from the low BS.

    Don't try to give her more and more sugar, balanced meals are probably the best approach.

    I don't know about limiting all sports, but I might ask - had she been engaged in any super-strenuous sports that afternoon?

    I don't know if there are any illegal drugs that might have had this effect, or even legal ones (insulin?) that anyone would take for sport????

  • zez20
    zez20 amanda87883

    Posted

    Im not trying to scare you or anything but, if your daughter keeps randomly passing out, It might me Long QT syndrome. Look it up.

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