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Episodes of decreased consciousness
Confusion is the inability to think with your usual speed or clarity, including feeling disoriented and having difficulty paying attention, remembering, and making decisions.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
15 year experience in family medicine
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What is the definition or description of: Consciousness?
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What is consciousness? What are some examples of different states of consciousness?
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Could it be something bad if I have loss of consciousness?
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Is there a difference between coma and loss of consciousness?
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Is it possible to black out and lose consciousness during sex?
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Is there a condition that results in complete sensory loss yet preserved consciousness?
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Is there a medical condition that results in complete sensory loss yet preserved consciousness?
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What questions would a doctor normally ask a patient that has just regained consciousness after 2 hours?
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Is there a reason he loses consciousness after exhibiting tachycardia?
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How would someone know If they were having an altered state of consciousness ?
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What are the most effective treatments for excessive self-consciousness? Are there medications that can help or just therapy?
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How come it that whenever I hit my knee I lose my consciousness?
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How low can your bp be before you lose consciousness?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have this condition where I lost consciousness but without any possible reasons..
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Can epilepsy exist without a loss of consciousness?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Why when the injury of my finger and blood came out a few immediately Charbaldoar I mean Aghib consciousness??? Thank you Dr. and wait for a reply
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have a VSD. I've been having palpitations followed by difficulty in breathing. Most recent one caused me to nearly lost consciousness. Is it normal?
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Can person choke on food then lose consciousness without warning signs like coughing or gagging?
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I'm a woman, late fifties,who fainted this morning. Completely lost consciousness very briefly. AFTER fainting, brief vomiting. No prior history.?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Can a stroke cause a seizure without losing consciousness?
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A 23-year old male asked:
How long do I have to wait to return to school after a confirmed concussion? There was loss of consciousness and nausea.
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A 44-year old asked:
My diagnoses have been: concussion (with brief loss of consciousness), post concussion syndrome, swelled dura mater. When will my injuries level off?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I am really scared. I have symptoms of acute brain swelling. How long does it take to lose consciousness from that?
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Can someone lose consciousness from a migraine? Is it possible to faint or lose consciousness as a result of a migraine headache?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Iv hd severe sweating, lower level of consciousness daily, headaches upon waking, word mix up last 9 mnths-cld this be effect of weed smoked 9 mth ago?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Dr Alan H. Ali - past9 mnths lower levels of consciousness, sweating,headaches upon waking + pink eyes -effect of past casual weed smoking? Or what??
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A 23-year old male asked about a 18-year old female:
Pupil is blown out, recent head injury no bleeding or loss of consciousness, dizzy and disoriented, could it be treated at home?
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Can being sick with a stomach virus cause a person to lose consciousness?
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Can a blow to the head with no loss of consciousness have any brain damage ?
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Normal for pressure/consciousness of eye six days post op sinus mucocele surgery?
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