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Prevalence of Causes of Symptom: Fainting
About prevalence data for causes of Fainting: Important! The data below does not indicate the most likely diagnosis for any symptom. Always seek prompt professional diagnosis of any symptoms. This information combines possible causes of symptom Fainting as noted in various sources, with overall disease prevalence or incidence data from other sources. Hence, this only provides statistical information of a general nature. The likelihood of any disease causing a particular symptom does not strongly depend on the overall disease prevalence, but is affected by numerous other factors including other concurrent symptoms, patient details, and so on. Furthermore, this computer-generated list and data may be incorrect, erroneous, or misleading.
List of causes of symptom Fainting: Below is a list of possible diseases or medical conditions that have been identified as possible causes of symptom Fainting in various sources. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate, out-dated, or incorrect.
- Abdominal Aneurysm... light-headedness
- Abetalipoproteinemia... balance problems
- Acid-Base Imbalance... light-headedness , dizziness, fainting
- Acoustic neuroma... dizziness
- Acquired Aplastic Anemia... dizziness
- Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage... dizziness
- Acute megacaryoblastic leukemia... dizziness
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 1... dizziness
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 2... dizziness
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 3... dizziness
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 4... dizziness
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5... dizziness
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 6... dizziness
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 7... dizziness
- Acute myelocytic leukemia... dizziness
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to alkylating agent... dizziness
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to topoisomerase type II inhibitor... dizziness
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, therapy related... dizziness
- Acute myeloid leukemia... dizziness
- Acute myeloid leukemia, adult... dizziness
- Acute vitamin A toxicity... dizziness
- Adams Nance syndrome... fainting
- Addison's Disease... dizziness , fainting
- Adenosine triphosphatase deficiency, anaemia due to... dizziness , fainting
- Adrenal gland hypofunction... dizziness , fainting
- Adult Panic-Anxiety Syndrome... dizziness
- Alcohol drinking... balance problems
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders... dizziness , balance problems
- Alcoholic intoxication... dizziness
- Alcoholic Neuropathy... dizziness
- Alpine syndrome... dizziness
- Alternating Hemiplegia... balance problems
- Amnesic shellfish poisoning... dizziness
- Amphetamine abuse... dizziness
- Amyloid Neuropathies... balance problems
- Anaphylaxis... fainting
- Ancylostoma duodenale... dizziness
- Anemia... dizziness
- Anemia, hypochromic microcytic... dizziness
- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency... dizziness , fainting
- Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts... dizziness , fainting
- Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts, type 1... dizziness , fainting
- Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts, type 2... dizziness , fainting
- Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva... fainting
- Angina Pectoris... dizziness
- Anorexia Nervosa... light-headedness
- Anxiety-tension syndrome... dizziness
- Aorta-pulmonary artery fistula... dizziness
- Aortic valve disease... dizziness , fainting
- Aortic Valve Insufficiency... fainting
- Aortic valve stenosis... fainting
- Aortic valves stenosis of the child... dizziness , fainting
- Aplastic anemia... dizziness , fainting
- Arachnoiditis... dizziness
- Arginase deficiency... balance problems
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 1... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 10... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 11... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 12... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 2... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 3... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 4... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 5... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 6... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 7... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 8... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, familial, 9... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Arteriosclerosis Obliterans... dizziness
- Asthenopia... dizziness
- Asymmetric septal hypertrophy... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Ataxia Telangiectasia... balance problems
- Atrial Fibrillation... faintness
- Atrial fibrillation, familial 1... dizziness , fainting
- Atrial flutter... dizziness , fainting
- Atrial myxoma, familial... dizziness , fainting
- Autoimmune Inner Ear disease... balance problems
- Bacterial toxic-shock syndrome... dizziness
- Balance disorders... wooziness , light-headedness, dizziness
- Barotitis Media... dizziness
- Basilar artery migraine... fainting
- Basilar Migraine... light-headedness , dizziness, fainting
- Beer-drinker syndrome... dizziness
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo... Dizziness
- Bernheim syndrome... dizziness , fainting
- Bernheim's syndrome... fainting
- Botulism food poisoning... dizziness
- Bradbury-Eggleston syndrome... dizziness
- Brain cancer... dizziness , balance problems
- Brain Concussion... dizziness
- Brain tumor, adult... dizziness
- Brugada Syndrome... fainting
- Brugada syndrome 1... fainting
- Brugada syndrome 2... fainting
- Brugada syndrome 3... fainting
- Brugada syndrome 4... fainting
- Brun's syndrome... dizziness , fainting
- Carbon monoxide poisoning... dizziness
- Cardiac malformation... fainting
- Cardiac tamponade... light headedness , fainting
- Cardiac valvular dysplasia, X-linked... fainting
- Cardioauditory syndrome of Sanchez- Cascos... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 10... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1B... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1C... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1D... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1G... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1H... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1I... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1J... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1K... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1L... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1M... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1N... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1P... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1Q... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1R... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1S... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1T... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1U... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1W... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1Y... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated 1Z... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated with conduction defect... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated with conduction defect type 1... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy dilated with conduction defect type 2... fainting
- Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic... faintness
- Central nervous system oxygen toxicity... dizziness
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1A... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1B... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1C... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1D... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1E... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1F... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2A... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2AI... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2AII... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2C... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2D... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2E... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 4... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4A... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4B1... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4C... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4E... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4F... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4G... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, X-linked, 1... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder... balance problems
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth, demyelinating, autosomal recessive... balance problems
- Chemical pneumonia... dizziness
- Chiari Malformation... dizziness
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome... dizziness , faintness
- Chronic Kidney Disease... light-headedness , dizziness
- Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia... dizziness
- Ciguatera poisoning... dizziness
- Citrullinemia I, later-onset... balance problems
- Cochleosaccular degeneration of the inner ear and progressive cataracts... balance problems
- Cogan's syndrome... dizziness
- Cold antibody hemolytic anemia... dizziness
- Combat stress reaction... dizziness
- Common ventricle... fainting
- Concussion... dizziness
- Congenital aplastic anemia... dizziness
- Congenital arteriovenous shunt... dizziness , fainting
- Congenital heart block... fainting
- Conotruncal heart malformations... fainting
- Cor pulmonale... fainting
- Cryptococcosis... dizziness
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome... dizziness
- Da Costa syndrome... dizziness
- Deafness - lymphoedema - leukemia... dizziness
- Deafness progressive cataract autosomal dominant... balance problems
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac... dizziness , faintness
- Decompression sickness... dizziness
- Dehydration... Light-headedness
- Diabetic hypoglycemia... light-headedness , dizziness
- Diabetic neuropathy... dizziness
- Diarrhea... Light-headedness
- Double outlet - right ventricle II... fainting
- Double tachycardia induced by catecholamines... fainting
- Duodenal conditions... Dizziness
- Duodenitis... Dizziness
- Dysbarism... dizziness
- Dysphasic dementia, hereditary... fainting
- Eagle's syndrome... dizziness
- Ear infection... Balance problems
- Ear infection (infant)... Balance problems
- Ectopic pregnancy... dizziness , fainting, fainting, fainting
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked... fainting
- Encephalitis lethargica... dizziness
- Encephalitis, California serogroup viral... Dizziness
- Endolymphatic sac tumors (ELST's) in Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) disease... dizziness
- Envenomization by the Martinique lancehead viper... dizziness
- Epilepsy, familial mesial temporal lobe... dizziness
- Episodic ataxia syndrome... dizziness
- Episodic ataxia, type 1... dizziness
- Episodic ataxia, type 2... dizziness
- Essential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia... dizziness
- Esthesioneuroblastoma... fainting
- Eustachian tube disorders... Dizziness
- Exercise induced anaphylaxis... dizziness
- Familial atrial fibrillation... dizziness , fainting
- Familial hypertension... dizziness
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 1... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 10... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 3... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 4... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 6... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 7... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 8... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 9... lightheadedness , fainting from exertion
- Familial neurocardiogenic syncope... fainting
- Familial ventricular tachycardia... light-headedness , dizziness, fainting
- Favism... dizziness
- Ganglioglioma... balance problems
- Generalized anxiety disorder... lightheadedness
- Gitelman syndrome... dizziness
- Glioma... balance problems
- Gliosarcoma... balance problems
- Glycogen storage disease type 6... faintness
- Glycogen storage disease type 6A, due to phosphorylase kinase deficiency... faintness
- Hartnup Disease... fainting
- Headache-free migraine... dizziness
- Hearing Impairment... dizziness , balance problems
- Heart attack... light-headedness , fainting
- Heart block... dizziness , fainting
- Heart cancer... fainting
- Heart disease... light-headedness , fainting
- Heat exhaustion... light-headedness
- Heatstroke... dizziness
- Hemangioblastoma... dizziness , balance problems
- Hemangiomatosis, familial pulmonary capillary... dizziness
- Hemorragic fever with renal syndrome... dizziness
- Hemorrhagic fever... dizziness
- Hemorrhagic thrombocythemia... dizziness
- Hereditary amyloidosis... dizziness
- Hip cancer... dizziness
- Hip conditions... Balance problems
- Hip injury... Balance problems
- Hip Replacement... Balance problems
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum... dizziness
- Hyperoxia... dizziness
- Hypertension... dizziness
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy... fainting from exertion , dizziness, fainting
- Hypertrophic neuropathy of Dejerine-Sottas... balance problems
- Hyperventilation... dizziness , faintness
- Hypoadrenalism... dizziness , fainting
- Hypoaldosteronism... lightheadedness , dizziness
- Hypoglycemia... light-headedness , dizziness
- Hypoglycemic attack... light-headedness , dizziness
- Hypotension... fainting
- Hypothalamic dysfunction... dizziness
- Hypovolemia... faintness
- Idiopathic, hypertrophic, subaortic stenosis... dizziness
- Intracranial Embolism... balance problems
- Jaw conditions... dizziness
- Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome... fainting
- Joubert Syndrome... balance problems
- Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma... balance problems
- Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis... balance problems
- Labrynthitis... balance problems , dizziness
- Leukemia, Myeloid... dizziness
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Aggressive-Phase... dizziness
- Lidocaine toxicity... lightheadedness , dizziness
- Long QT syndrome... dizziness
- Long QT syndrome type 10... fainting
- Long QT syndrome type 11... fainting
- Long QT syndrome type 2... fainting
- Long QT syndrome type 3... fainting
- Long QT syndrome type 4... fainting
- Long QT syndrome type 5... fainting
- Long QT syndrome type 6... fainting
- Long QT syndrome type 9... fainting
- Lupus... dizziness
- Lyme disease... dizziness
- Malaria... dizziness
- Mastocytosis... dizziness , faintness
- Mayaro fever... dizziness
- Melanoma - astrocytoma syndrome... balance problems
- Metabolic Acidosis... dizziness
- Middle ear infection... Balance problems
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury... dizziness
- Mitral valve prolapse syndrome... light-headedness
- Mitral valve prolapse, familial, autosomal dominant... dizziness
- Mitral-valve prolapse... dizziness
- MN1... dizziness
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) adverse reaction... dizziness
- Mosse syndrome... dizziness
- Motion sickness... dizziness
- Mountain sickness... dizziness
- Multifocal ventricular premature beats... dizziness , fainting
- Multiple system atrophy... lightheadedness , dizziness, fainting
- Myelinopathies... balance problems
- Myelodysplastic syndromes... Lightheadedness
- Myelofibrosis-osteosclerosis... dizziness
- Naxos disease... fainting
- Nesidioblastosis of pancreas... fainting
- Neurofibromatosis-2... balance problems
- Neuropathy ataxia and retinis pigmentosa... balance problems
- Neurosarcoidosis... dizziness
- Nipah virus encephalitis... dizziness
- Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy... balance problems , feeling faint on standing up
- Olivopontocerebellar atrophy type IV... balance problems
- Orthostatic hypotension... light-headedness , lightheadedness, dizziness, dizziness, fainting, fainting
- Orthostatic intolerance... lightheadedness , fainting
- Otosclerosis, familial... balance problems
- Panic attack... fainting-like symptoms , Lightheadedness, dizziness
- Panic disorder... fainting-like symptoms , Lightheadedness, dizziness
- Paralytic shellfish poisoning... dizziness
- Paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation... fainting
- Peanut Allergy... light-headedness
- Pendred syndrome... balance problems
- Perilymph fistula... balance problems
- Perilymphatic fistula... dizziness
- Pheochromocytoma... fainting
- Pituitary cancer, childhood... fainting
- Pituitary tumors, adult... fainting
- Pneumonia, Aspiration... dizziness , faintness
- Polycythemia... dizziness
- Polycythemia vera... dizziness
- Polymorphic catecholergic ventricular tachycardia... fainting
- Post-traumatic stress disorder... dizziness
- Postconcussive syndrome... dizziness
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome... lightheadedness
- Premenstrual syndrome... dizziness
- Primary pulmonary hypertension... dizziness , fainting (syncope)
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy... balance problems
- Pseudotumor Cerebri... dizziness
- Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula... lightheadedness , dizziness
- Pulmonary embolism... dizziness
- Pulmonary embolus... light headedness , dizziness
- Pulmonary hypertension... light-headedness , fainting
- Pulmonary incompetence... Dizziness
- Pulmonary supravalvular stenosis... dizziness , fainting
- Pulmonary valve disease... Dizziness
- Pulmonary valve stenosis... fainting
- Rapid gastric emptying... dizziness
- Respiratory alkalosis... light-headedness , dizziness, fainting
- Rift Valley Fever... dizziness
- Romano-Ward syndrome... fainting
- Scombroid fish poisoning syndrome... lightheadedness
- Secondary pulmonary hypertension... dizziness
- Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis... balance problems
- Short QT syndrome... dizziness , fainting
- Sick sinus syndrome... dizziness , fainting
- Silo unloader syndrome... lightheadedness
- Sino-auricular heart block... lightheadedness , fainting
- Sinus node disease... dizziness , fainting
- Snake bite... Dizziness
- Sneddon Syndrome... dizziness
- Spastic tetraplegic - cerebral palsy... balance problems
- Spider Bites... dizziness
- Spira syndrome... faintness
- Spleen conditions... Dizziness
- Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome... dizziness
- Stokes Adams syndrome... fainting
- Streptococcal Group A invasive disease... dizziness
- Stroke... dizziness , Fainting
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage... dizziness , fainting
- Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome... fainting
- Superior vena cava syndrome... fainting
- Supraventricular Tachycardia... light headedness , faintness
- Syncopal paroxysmal tachycardia... light-headedness , fainting
- Syncopal tachyarrhythmia... lightheadedness , fainting
- Syncope... fainting from laughing , dizziness, dizziness, lightheadedness (presyncope), fainting from coughing, fainting
- Systemic mastocytosis... faintness
- Tachycardia... dizziness
- Takayasu arteritis... fainting
- Thymic epithelial tumor... dizziness
- Toxic Shock Syndrome... Dizziness , fainting
- Transient Ischemic Attack... dizziness
- Transposition of great arteries... fainting
- Truncus Arteriosus... dizziness , fainting
- Ultram withdrawal... dizziness
- Urticaria... Dizziness
- Usher Syndrome... Balance problems
- Usher Syndrome Type 3... Balance problems
- Usher syndrome, type 1C... balance problems , dizziness
- Usher syndrome, type 1D... balance problems , dizziness
- Usher syndrome, type 1E... balance problems , dizziness
- Usher syndrome, type 1F... balance problems , dizziness
- Usher syndrome, type 1G... balance problems , dizziness
- Usher syndrome, type IIIA... balance problems , dizziness
- Usher syndrome, type IIIB... balance problems , dizziness
- Valvular dysplasia of the child... fainting
- Variant CJD... dizziness
- Variceal Bleeding... lightheadedness
- Vascular malformations of the brain... Dizziness
- Vascular neuropathy... feeling faint on standing up
- Vasovagal attack... fainting
- Ventricular familial preexcitation syndrome... Dizziness
- Ventricular tachycardia, catecholaminergic polymorphic, 1... fainting
- Ventricular tachycardia, catecholaminergic polymorphic, 2... fainting
- Vertigo... balance problems
- Vestibular neuritis... balance problems
- Vestibular neuronitis... balance problems
- Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases... balance problems , dizziness
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers... dizziness
- Vitamin A embryopathy... Dizziness
- Vitamin B6 - adverse effects... dizziness
- Vitamin C Overdose... dizziness
- VLCAD deficiency... Lightheadedness
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease... balance problems , dizziness, Dizziness
- Waldenström Macroglobulinemia... dizziness
- Wallenberg's Syndrome... balance problems , Dizziness
- War sailor syndrome... dizziness
- Warm-reacting-antibody haemolytic anemia... Dizziness
- Warm-reacting-antibody hemolytic anemia... dizziness
- Whiplash... dizziness
- Whiplash Injuries... dizziness
- Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome... dizziness , fainting
- X-linked sideroblastic anemia... Dizziness
Types of Fainting: Dizziness (327 causes), Level of consciousness, decreased
Symptoms related to Fainting: Dizziness (327 causes), Lightheadedness (327 causes), Syncope (612 causes), Seizures (1195 causes)
Fainting type of: Syncope (612 causes)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups
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Last revised: Nov 26, 2003
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