'The highly emotional nature of a funeral can lead our bodies to respond in a multitude of ways and occasionally someone will faint,' says Poppy Mardall, Founder of Poppy's, a funeral director in Tooting, south London. 'That's a completely natural response to the stress and exhaustion of grief.
Some people know when they are going to faint because they have symptoms beforehand, such as feeling weak, nauseated, hot or dizzy. After they regain consciousness, they may feel confused, dizzy or ill for a while but recover fairly soon. A person who faints usually will not suffer any long-term health effects.
One of the most common reasons people faint is in reaction to an emotional trigger. For example, the sight of blood, or extreme excitement, anxiety or fear, may cause some people to faint. This condition is called vasovagal syncope.
But in people who feel woozy or faint when they see blood, a needle, or another surprising or upsetting trigger, the parasympathetic response overpowers the initial fight or flight response. Blood pressure and heart rate quickly drop too low and not enough oxygen is delivered to the brain so it starts to shut down.
Fainting is a temporary loss of consciousness. If you're about to faint, you'll feel dizzy, lightheaded, or nauseous. Your field of vision may "white out" or "black out." Your skin may be cold and clammy. You lose muscle control at the same time, and may fall down.
Causes of fainting
standing up too quickly – this could be a sign of low blood pressure. not eating or drinking enough. being too hot. being very upset, angry or in severe pain.
Some people use the terms blackout and fainting interchangeably, but they are two different things. A blackout is a loss of memory. Fainting, also called passing out, is a loss of consciousness. Both of these can have several different causes.
Pain Level 10
Pain level ten means unimaginable pain. This pain level is so intense you will go unconscious shortly. Most people have never experienced this level of pain.
About a third of people say they've fainted at least once. Although often harmless, fainting can cause injuries and sometimes signals a problem with the heart or circulatory system. “Witnessing a faint can be scary, because it can look like the person has died,” says Harvard professor Dr. Lewis A.
Your heart slows down and pumps less blood, so your blood pressure drops. Then, your brain doesn't get enough oxygenated blood, and you faint. Certain bodily movements or functions also can naturally cause a drop in blood pressure that may lead to fainting spells.
If someone faints:
Lay them down. Kneel by them. Raise their legs. Give them fresh air and monitor them.
Feeling ill and nauseous after a faint is very common, and is part of the digestive “vagal” activation, which often also makes you feel washed out for a time after a faint.
Most fainting will pass quickly and won't be serious. Usually, a fainting episode will only last a few seconds, although it will make the person feel unwell and recovery may take several minutes. If a person doesn't recover quickly, always seek urgent medical attention.
Typically in a benign fainting spell, someone will have some recall just prior to passing out. But when someone has no memory of the event whatsoever, it can suggest than an arrhythmia was the culprit. Your doctor will test your heart's electrical system with an electrocardiogram in the office.
Your eyes will usually stay open. Orthostatic hypotension: this is a fall in blood pressure on standing up, which can cause fainting.
If you pass out, you'll likely become conscious and alert after a few seconds or minutes. However, you may feel confused or tired for a bit. You can recover fully in minutes or hours. Syncope can be a sign of a more serious condition.
Unless the family wants the funeral or memorial service to be private, you are welcome to attend. If you are close to the bereaved or the deceased, live close by and have no extenuating circumstances, then, by all means, go to the funeral. In fact, if you don't go, your presence may be missed.
Death at a Funeral is rated R by the MPAA for language, drug content and some sexual humor. - Depictions of fighting. Sexual Content: - Buttock nudity seen in non-sexual contexts.
Most undertakers shut the eyes by using eye caps. An eye cap is a plastic hemisphere dimpled on the outside. The eyelid is pulled up, the eye dried, the cap put on top of the eyeball and the eyelid pulled over it. This has the virtue also of plumping up the eyeballs, which sink in death.
Before fainting, you may have sweaty palms, dizziness, lightheadedness, problems seeing, or nausea. In young people, the problem usually has no serious cause, though falls related to fainting can lead to injury. But in some cases, it can be due to an underlying heart problem that is more concerning.