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difficult child almost passed out this morning.
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 82078" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A few thoughts.</p><p></p><p>If you're concerned about the company he keeps and he DOES test positive for a drug test, particularly if he was as willing as this to take a test, I'd be wondering if his drink got spiked. He sounded too willing to take the test, for a kid who had been knowingly taking drugs.</p><p></p><p>The episode in the shower - a hot shower (doesn't have to be too hot, just hotter than his body can handle that morning) can cause this. If his skin is colder than usual, for example, the shower doesn't need to be very hot at all. What can happen - the heat causes the surface blood vessels to dilate. As the body warms other blood vessels dilate. Too sudden a change in the blood vessels can lead to a drop in blood pressure. The next thing - a faint, because the body now wants all non-essential services shut down so as much blood as possible can be shunted to the brain. Because the body does not know if the BiPolar (BP) drop is due to vasodilatation, or traumatic limb amputation, it clamps down all peripheral circulation, including the skin. Hence - the normal pink colour of the skin is gone, leaving him looking waxy, pale, and green (or blue).</p><p></p><p>Hypoglycaemia can have similar effects - the brain is hogging as much of the blood as it can, to get every skerrick of sugar it can get to keep functioning.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like this could be a one-off, but with his history of migraines it does need to be checked out. I wouldn't panic overmuch but certainly it should be checked out just to make sure it's nothing else.</p><p></p><p>And maybe for a while, encourage cool showers. Don't worry about the colour he went - that's just vasoconstriction.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 82078, member: 1991"] A few thoughts. If you're concerned about the company he keeps and he DOES test positive for a drug test, particularly if he was as willing as this to take a test, I'd be wondering if his drink got spiked. He sounded too willing to take the test, for a kid who had been knowingly taking drugs. The episode in the shower - a hot shower (doesn't have to be too hot, just hotter than his body can handle that morning) can cause this. If his skin is colder than usual, for example, the shower doesn't need to be very hot at all. What can happen - the heat causes the surface blood vessels to dilate. As the body warms other blood vessels dilate. Too sudden a change in the blood vessels can lead to a drop in blood pressure. The next thing - a faint, because the body now wants all non-essential services shut down so as much blood as possible can be shunted to the brain. Because the body does not know if the BiPolar (BP) drop is due to vasodilatation, or traumatic limb amputation, it clamps down all peripheral circulation, including the skin. Hence - the normal pink colour of the skin is gone, leaving him looking waxy, pale, and green (or blue). Hypoglycaemia can have similar effects - the brain is hogging as much of the blood as it can, to get every skerrick of sugar it can get to keep functioning. It sounds like this could be a one-off, but with his history of migraines it does need to be checked out. I wouldn't panic overmuch but certainly it should be checked out just to make sure it's nothing else. And maybe for a while, encourage cool showers. Don't worry about the colour he went - that's just vasoconstriction. Marg [/QUOTE]
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