Tuesday, May 31, 2011

I Fainted After I Hit My Elbow; My Son and Daughter Did the Same Thing, Too


A very strange thing happened to both myself and my son in 2011. Then it happened to my daughter in 2016. Apparently it's happened to quite a few other people, too. I am also learning the same thing can happen to people when they hit their knee. I share our stories here with what I have learned. MANY others have also shared their stories. Check out the COMMENTS and add your story.


My Story 


While at work one day, I hit my elbow on a sharp corner on my computer desk  I felt  faint and light-headed, and told my co-worker I had hit my elbow really hard and I didn’t feel well.... 

Next thing I knew, there were people all around me, and one of my co-workers was on the phone with the paramedics. Eventually the paramedics arrived, took my vital signs (blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate) and determined that I had fainted (vasovagal syncope) in response to the pain inflicted to my funny bone (ulnar nerve).


My Son's Story


Oddly enough, not too long after my incident, the same thing happened to my teenage son (16). It was piano lesson time, and he ran to get a sweater. As he swung it over his shoulders, he hit his elbow on the corner of the thermostat on the wall. He immediately joined his teacher at the piano...and passed out! Witnessing my son pass out was the scariest thing I have ever been through. His eyes rolled back, he stiffened up and he wasn’t responding. He came to in about 30 seconds or so.

My Daughter's Story


My daughter (18) was home alone, in her room, getting changed. She hit her elbow on the corner of her night stand and it hurt. She said her arm started to feel funny and she knew she was going to faint so she laid down on her bed right away. She came too a few minutes later (she knew the timing based on some texts she had received and sent). She was disorientated and scared, but otherwise fine. 

The experiences we shared were so similar and rare, I decided to write about it in hopes of helping others who have experienced this. 

We joke now about needing to wear elbow pads. :)

Please explore my pages, and offer your experiences, questions or comments.  

Please note:  This information is not intended to replace the advice of a physician or other health care practitioner. My wish is to educate you so you are better informed when and if you decide to seek medical advice for your medical problems.

Sincerely,

Angela G. Gentile, MSW, RSW


P.S. CLICK on COMMENTS below , read through over 100 stories, and share your story with everyone else!

147 comments:

  1. Last night, my husband and i went out to dennys to have pie and we sat in a booth with a border sticking out by the wall. i moved really quickly to seat myself more comfortably and struck my elbow real hard. we started laughing and suddenly i couldnt see, started to sweat profusely and i blacked out my husband says i slid off the seat and started to shake. when i got back to my senses i was completely out of it. i didnt know his name or what had happened. we took the check right after.

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  2. Dear Anonymous - I know it can happen so fast. One second you're fine, next you're down. Hope you're fine now. I guess we need to wear "elbow pads" LOL!

    By the way - they are going through all the work stations at our desks and "rounding off the corners". There must be one hundred or more. I am relieved to know they are taking this seriously and preventing any more accidents.

    ~ Angela

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  3. This has been happening to me throught-out my life. It happens as funny as it is about every 5 years. It just happened to me yesterday again, I hit my elbow on the doorway jam as I was on the toilet and passed out my dad found me. I work at a nursing home so when it happened 5 years ago they sent me to the hospital and they checked my blood pressure with this special instrument to ensure my heart and everything was pumping properly. When doing this he found out and told me I have extremely low blood pressure and when I hit senstive points like knees or elbows the pain will trigger my sugars to drop lower and that's what causes my fainting episode. I wouldn't worry if it's only happened once but since it happened to you and your son I would get check out just incase.

    Hope this helps :)

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  4. Anytime I strike me knees or elbows in just that right place this happens to me... first time was well over 20 years ago. Now I know lay down quickly as the faint comes on. Otherwise after the pain of the knock I'm gonna come round with a head/face injury as well. I don't have a low blood pressure.

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    1. I always lie down when I feel I'm about to faint. Almost always it stops me from blacking out. You don't risk hurting yourself very badly by falling if you lie down quick enough.

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  5. Hi Anonymous (Aug. 25, 2011). Seems to me that some people are just more sensitive in that area? Sometimes the fainting has nothing to do with anything other than "hitting the right spot". Thanks for sharing your tip about laying down as quickly as possible. Prevents other problems for sure.
    ~ Angela

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  6. I had a similar experience today morning, when I hit my elbow so hard that in a second i felt current, pain, vomiting sensation and it blacked out completely.
    Its the Ulnar nerve that was affected when my elbow was struck.

    Thanks for the info. Makes me feel good that others have experienced the same earlier, and that there's nothing serious. :-)

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    1. Thx lots for these info..i got a severe blow on my knee.really painful.cld not move immediately.was dizzy,sweating,felt lik vomitting.managed to stand n go in the air n lie on sofa.afterwards cme on net to find xplanation.thx lots.was really scared.nw ok.

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    2. This happened to me except my elbow. How long does it take for the pain to go away?

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    3. Hi Bella
      My own experiences haven't involved 'pain', eg fractured bones! I experience a woozy feeling, which through previous experience I recognise, and know to lie flat.
      Late January 2015, my foot caught an uneven pavement and I fell flat on my front. I was opening a choc bar as I walked, and dropped it to protect myself, grazing my hands.
      I managed to get up, and went to my car, and sat there to recover from the shock before continuing.
      Within a minute I experienced a 'woozy' feeling, the imminence of a blackout and an urgency to get lower than the seat would allow, I tried to slide lower, but 'lost it'.
      I don't think I was 'gone' long before coming too, and realised my slightly painful L/elbow must have come into contact with the pavement as I fell, hence the blackout!
      I cleaned myself up in the nearby loo, and continued a journey of some 150 miles, with no after effects.

      MY experience is, NO lasting ill effects and no pain, unless your really bang your elbow/ knee badly, others may be different.
      Hopefully helpful Peter

      PS In a not dissimilar 'incident' years ago, I fell and banged my knee cap so badly I had difficulty walking afterwards, but NO blackout!

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    4. this happened to me yesterday and ive fainted before but this was the most unusual. my mother told me to let the dogs in from the sunroom when they came to the door. so when they came to the door I got up from the computer. the dogs came in and as I was shutting the sunroom door I hit my elbow on the sliding part. I felt funny dizzy and from my last experience from fainting I fortunately knew to lay down as soon as possible.( my doctor told me that)so I started walking to my room and all I remember was passing the half the couch closest to my room. I woke up to see my dad above me trying to wake me up. I asked what had happened and he told me I passed out. I explained the whole scenario I just wrote here and he looked shocked. I decided it would be best if I lay down. so I went to my room to lay down. I noticed that my leg and under my chin stared hurting. I didn't think much of it. my mom told me to stay awake for at least 30 more minuets so I did. today ( the next day) it feels like my puppy had scratched me under my chin. but there no scratch. it stings when it comes in contact with anything. I don't know how long I was out.

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  7. Hi Poorva. Glad you found this information helpful.
    ~ Angela

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  8. Thank you for all of the info. I've dealt with this my whole life and I still find it hard to convince myself to just stop and lay down so that I don't hurt myself. But what I would like to stress is that the same thing happens whenever I hit my knee as well. Just this one little spot on the sides of my knees that like to hit pointy objects underneath tables...so don't just break out the elbow pads. You might need the knee pads too someday. Take care. Thanks again-Lesha

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    1. This happens to me too. I've hit my elbow, knee and even pulled a muscle in my shoulder. I was at dance rehearsal one night and can't really explain how I did it but it felt like i hit a funny bone in my shoulder...? I was on the floor about 30 seconds later and when I went to the ER they had no idea what happened. I figured out (on my own) a few months later that it's because I have low blood pressure so when I hit nerves like that, I pass out. It happened to me in the car once too when I hit my knee on the seat belt buckle. Luckily the car was parked but it's still scary.

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  9. Hi Lesha - Good point (ha ha)! I have also hit my knee under a table and came very close to passing out. I guess we need to protect those elbows AND knees! Thanks for reading. Take care,
    Angela

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  10. i hit mine on a thermostat while putting my air up yesterday and the same thing happened to me so i looked it up... this is what i found.
    "Intense pain, such as due to hitting your elbow on a hard corner, may cause a temporary, exaggerated vasovagal response by your autonomic nervous system. As a result, your heart rate and blood pressure drop, which reduces blood flow to your brain. This results in a feeling of warmth, lightheadedness, dimming of vision and hearing, and even fainting (vasovagal syncope)."
    apparently its very common when you hit it really hard, just like when you hit your funny bone just more intense.

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  11. I'm so glad to have found this and know I"m not the only one who has had this reaction! While at work tonight, I hit a pressure point on my knee so hard that I begin to see spots, couldn't walk straight and felt like I was going to vomit or pass out. I had to lay down for about 15 minutes before I could compose myself and not feel like I was going to faint. It was really scary! It's interesting to note others comments on here, because I also have extremely low blood pressure. Thanks for your site!

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  12. I have fainted from hitting my knees and elbows before, I have been checked out and everything was normal. Today I hit my knee really hard on the under side of a table and i fainted.. i could feel it coming on and I was really hoping I would remain concious as I was in a class.. any way next thing I know I have what feels like a buring sensation and intense pins and needles in my head, I had no idea where i was for a few seconds, i thought I had just woken up from bed as i had been dreaming. I felt as though all my senses had gone for around 5 seconds and I coulndt feel my hands touching my face very painful and scary! Finally my vision came back to focus and everyone was looking at me. Highly embarrassing. But I was fine after that but my head felt funny for the rest of the day, though i think i cracked it on the floor. But I am glad its not just me who gets this head rush sensation then a blackout !

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  13. I'm glad too after reading these threads.. I thought I have some hidden diseases that I didn't know.
    I hit my elbow against the chair when I was playing high five with my toddler son while I was feeding him pasta. I screamed a bit and began to get the strange feeling on my lower arms and couldn't feel it. Then, I felt nauseous.
    The next thing I noticed was my son asked for more pasta and I was lying right in front of the bowl of pasta, still struggled to feed him one more pasta. And I walked and kinda collapsed by the sofa. My arm is still numb a bit but the headache is almost gone. I have never fainted for my whole life before, that really freaked me out.. I will be more careful playing high five with my kid.

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  14. Hi Anonymous. It's the most simple, everyday activities that cause us to bump our elbow and down we go. Glad to hear you are feeling a little better. I know it's really freaky. I was able to witness my son's faint - I thought he was dying. It was so scary.

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  15. Just yesterday I hit my elbow on the sharp pointed corner of my tv, the pain was horrible. I felt really sick and layed down on my bed, after that I don't remember a lot. I woke up sweaty and shakey and felt extremely sick. After settling down my boyfriend told me that I had been kicking and twitching when i was passed out, and my eyes were open and rolling back in my head. Im only 17! & Im terrified it will happen again.

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  16. This happened to me in the Wal-mart parking lot. I turned around and hit my elbow on the car door and blacked out. I turned blue and started shaking. I awoke crying, but felt like I had simply been asleep. After discussing this with my doctor he knew what it was... I forgot now but there is a technical term for it. It simply stops blood flow to your brain. Some people, like me, stop breathing and it can become deadly. Let your loved ones know to shake you if they find you passed out. Some people mistake it as a seizure and leave people alone. Just take care of yourself.

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  17. Last weekend, I was having lunch with ALL of my in-laws. I hit my knee really hard on the table as I sat down in my chair. It tingled like when you hit your funny bone and the tingling spread throughout my body. Things went kind of white, and I passed out for just a second. Long enough to fall forward and barely miss my soup bowl. I was so embarrassed. My face went white and I was sweating. They took me to lay down and for a few seconds I felt like I was going to throw up. Then my mother-in-law took my blood pressure and it was perfect. After a couple of minutes I went back to the table and ate my lunch. Apparently I just went into shock! Strange because I usually deal well with pain. I feel silly that I fainted just from banging my knee against the table. I hope it doesn't happen again, but I sure am clumsy!

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  18. Hi Anonymous - I remember a few years back I bumped my knee on the underside of a table at work, and I ALMOST passed out. I felt really nauseous and tingly. Sounds like you had a VASOVAGAL response just like I did when I hit my elbow. There are some sensitive nerves in those knees and elbows. Glad to hear you're alright.

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  19. Thank goodness for this information. I cracked my elbow this evening and thought nothing of it other than it bloody well hurt. BUT then I started to feel very light headed, my vision went dim and the person I was talking to became very muffled in sound. I was convinced I was going to faint. Then I started to shake and sweat and felt really sick. Couldn't work it out, thought I was coming down with something awful. Thank you to all you elbow bashers out there seems I have joined your club and I am not ill just a bit clumsy and unlucky!

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  20. Thanks for your input, Kateb14. I laughed out loud when you said, Thank you to all you "elbow bashers" out there. Glad you have joined our club! :)

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  21. Yeah, i've pretty much experienced this all my life but was never as freaked out by it as some of you guys, because right after the first incident my dad told me he'd had similar incidents as a kid. Although my most common triggers are banging my knee/elbow in a specific spot i've also on occasion fainted whilst giving blood so watch out for that one.

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  22. Hi Anonymous. Interesting you bring up the family connection...my daughter has fainted 3 times when she has received immunizations. Giving blood isn't the problem, it's when the fluid goes into her body...that's when she faints. The "fainting" gene must run in families, LOL!

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  23. It's strange. I cut my head open and need 5 stitches, but I feel fine; not dizzy or nauseated at all. But if I bang my knees or elbows, I feel completely sick and can't stand up without feeling like I'm going to pass out. I've had some pretty bad knocks, and apparently I go extremely pale for quite a while.
    I just find it really annoying, how I seem to be affected by it more than anybody else I know.

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  24. Years ago I was working in a bowling alley at the shoe counter. I banged my elbow on the corner of the counter. Next thing I remember I was pulling myself up off of the carpet. As I pulled up on the counter there was a man standing these and asked "can I get a lane" . Before I could respond I realized that I had knocked out a tooth as I fell to the floor. Needless to say a very embarrassing experience that I have not forgotten.

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  25. this kind of thing just happened to me about 10 minutes ago. i was goofing around and i went to close the door and braced my self so that my body smashed my elbow into the door handle. i felt dizzy and sweaty and i vomited. i didnt pass out but it was a creazy feeling. did any of you have an extremely sharp pain from elbow to chin adterwords? as i sit here and type this with one hand. luckily its my good hand

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  26. Yesterday afternoon my boyfriend and I were sitting outside at a park in the sun for quite a few hours. As we were getting ready to leave, I hit my elbow on one of the posts on the structure. I remember my arm go numb, then my whole body. I sat down for 10 seconds, thought I was fine, so I stood back up and apparently wasn't successful in doing so. I 'woke up' on the structure, my boyfriend freaking out- I had no idea what was going on. My boyfriend told me that while I was down (only 5-10 seconds), I was shaking, my eyes were wide open, and my body was stiff.
    I sat for a couple minutes then walked to my car to get a bottle of water. As we were standing there, (and I was regaining consciousness) I got extremely light-headed, lost all vision and my ears were ringing (not quite ringing.. it sounded like static on a radio). Luckily, my boyfriend knew something was wrong and grabbed me, because my legs gave out and I would have fallen to the ground again. The pain in my head was INSANE, and I couldn't see or hear anything other than static. I was fine after that, just tired. It was obviously pretty scary, neither of us knew what we should do.

    Thank you for posting this thread, it was quite useful. I didn't know that hitting the elbow was the actual cause for this as I'd never heard of it happening to anyone else (especially since I'd never heard of shaking involved in fainting). I knew that heat stroke can sometimes cause seizures, and since we'd spent hours out in the sun, I was starting to think I'd really done it this time! Thanks(:

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  27. my first experience fainting was when i was in 4th grade and i hit my elbow against my locker and i feel on top of a girl that was next me. Two days ago i brought my dog into the bathroom to give him a bath and when i finished putting him into the tub i hit my ulnar nerve on the corner of the sink. I felt dizzy and i knew that i was going to faint so i sat on the flore and called my mother who was in the living room. Next thing i know i thought i was dreaming hearing the radio play and i heard people talking as if i was in a busy resturant. i also had a feel that either my head or my eyes were twitching. when i opened my eye i was on the floor and i called my mom again because she didnt come the first time i called her. she got there and i began to cry and wasnt able to speak. i thought i had a seizure since i had the twitching sensation. afterwards i felt extremely tierd and week. Im really concerened about this because i dont know if it could be the cause of a serious disorder, and i will sonud silly if i explain this to my doctor.

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  28. I hit my funny bone on a soap dish while getting into a shower at a motel. The next thing I knew, I woke up lying on the floor with my head between the toilet and wall. Luckily I didn't hurt my head much. My butt hurt where it must have hit the lip of the shower floor. I felt a bit light headed all day but was pretty much o.k. I got on line to see if this was a common thing and was surprised to see how many people had it happen to them.
    Joyce Space

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  29. Thank, God! I thought I was broken! Thanks for sharing.

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  30. I was stood in line about to order subway when I put my arm out to lean against the wall, I felt a painful click in my elbow like I had snapped a bone, I was unable to straighten my arm and started to feel pressure building in my head, iv never fainted before but I had a feeling that's where I was heading, I stayed in the queue as I was pretty much next to order, as it came to my turn I was unable to hear even my own words coming out of my mouth, my legs felt wobbly and my head felt like I had done 2 rounds with Tyson (but without the actual pain). I could see the assistant was saying something but I must have asked her to repeat herself 3 times, I thought I could ride it through and make it to the end of the order, wasn't gonna happen. I came around with some guy giving me water and sitting me up. I returned to the queue , was let back to the front by the other customers to find I had got as far as beef and cheese, hadn't quite made the salad part yet. I got my greens and got the hell out of there.

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  31. This happened to my wife while having dinner, she reached over to pick up her cell phone and hit her elbow on the corner of the chair. She sat down and told us she was dizzy and felt like she was going to faint a few seconds later she fell face first on the kitchen floor, we called the paramedics before they arrived she reacted and was somewhat
    conscious. They checked her vitals and she was good. It was by far the scariest thing that has happened to us.

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  32. Hi Anonymous - I agree with this being the scariest thing that has happened. I know the feeling. Glad to hear everything was good in the end. Thanks for sharing.

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  33. This just happened to me this afternoon. I was sitting at the kitchen table which is metal with a glass top and turned around to see what my cat was getting into. I hit my knee hard on the table leg and felt sick to my stomach and thought I was going to pass out. I laid down on the floor and gave my husband quite a scare. The knee pain went away fairly quickly but the nausea and lightheaded feeling took about 15 minutes to pass. It's reassuring to know this has happened to a lot of other people.

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  34. My 8 year old son hit is elbow at school today, on the back of his chair when getting up. It hurt really bad and he got dizzy. He fainted and fell on the floor. When he woke up, he was fine. So glad to be reassured by this website that it is something that happens more commonly than we knew!

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  35. Happened to me this morning in the shower, hit my elbow off the shower door handle, began to feel dizzy and could feel myself "going", started to black out.. when i came to, i was on shower floor in the foetal position, with water raining down on me. managed to haul myself up and out of the shower but still felt very weak & nauseous. lied down on the bed for 10 minutes to "centre" myself.. very scary experience.

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  36. Thank you so much for this blog! I had no idea this was a real thing!! I was doing homework at my desk in college and hit my elbow really hard on the corner of a desk drawer. I remember thinking I felt an unusually painful funny bone tingling, and the next thing I knew I woke up and I was plopped over my chair. In complete confusion, I had no idea why I had just fainted, trying to remember what I was doing right before I had fainted - my roommate was in extreme shock - so I looked up "fainting because of hitting your funny bone." very very weird and crazy experience!!

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  37. I just had this happen today. Wow, is it scary! I was sitting at the table reading and drinking tea when I hit my knee on the table really hard. I immediately started feeling faint and my vision dimmed so I laid my head and arms on the table. Somehow though, I ended up falling off the chair and onto the ground in a sort of praying position. I also felt like I had been shaking for a few seconds while on the ground. It might have been my imagination from being semi unconscious though. I managed to get back and walk over to lay down on my bed for a bit as I felt a little weak and shaken for about 10-20 minutes afterward. I ended up with only a bump on my head and was able to bike to class a half hour later. I've been fine the rest of the day =)

    Reading about all you other people having this experience makes me feel better about it though! I had originally thought I had a small seizure, but from everyone's anecdotes I feel much better that it likely wasn't.

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  38. I fainted this morning after banging my elbow very hard on the corner of bathroom sink. After I hit the elbow I started feeling really weak, nauscious, and really terrible. I tried to avoid fainting by sitting with my head between my legs, trying to think happy thoughts, nothing worked. I fainted, was out for about 3 minutes, once I came back from fainting I felt tired, and still feel tired. I have very low pain tolerance, and always faint if I hurt myself, or cut myself to where I draw blood. I have had vasovagal syncope for years. I am a 36, female, in excellent health, eat healthy, drink plenty water, do cardio daily, ect.

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  39. I am soooo thankful for this blog! The information here, and everyone's comments, really put our minds at ease yesterday. Here's what happened:

    Our daughter (15 yrs.old) was horsing around yesterday when she hit her elbow really hard on a door frame. She hit it so hard, in fact, I thought she may have fractured her elbow. Not so.

    It happened so fast...

    Her arm went numb, she was feeling nauseous, and had an odd look on her face...and then she passed out. Thankfully she was only out for about 15 seconds.

    When she came to, she was very pale and sweaty. It took about another 10-15 minutes for her to feel better, but at that point she seemed quite fine. That's when I hit the internet (but not with my elbow).

    It seemed bizarre, but I thought maybe she had hit a pressure point or something, which is how I stumbled across this blog.

    She was right as rain in an hour, when her color returned, but I kept her home and quiet for the morning. And her elbow? There is a faint red mark where she smacked it. Nothing more.

    Amazing...this really is real! Who'd have thought?

    Thanks again, Angela, for organizing this blog. Very helpful and informative!

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  40. I was in the library today, studying for finals and I decided to leave to grab a bit to eat. As I stood up to put my jacket on, I hit my elbow on the edge of the desk really hard. Since I was on the quiet floor, I did not yell "ouch" instead I sucked in the pain (I was dying on the inside). I noticed I was walking toward the elevator, I suddenly had the urge to throw up. I started to sweat profusely and felt faint. I got in the elevator and leaned on the wall because I could barely stand, my vision was a little blurred, and things around me became weird. I thought I wouldn't make it out of the library. It took a moment to regroup, and in about 5-10 minutes, everything went back to normal. This was the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me! I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one that this has happened to.

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  41. My 7-year-old just did this a few minutes ago in the kitchen! Luckily, I was there to catch her but it was scary having your baby pass out like that. Thank you for writing about it and linking up all the information so I could better explain to her what happened - it puts both of our minds at ease.

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  42. I had something similar happen to me last night. I bumped my knee on my coffee table and immediately, that side of my body went numb. While the body numbness didn't last long, my leg stayed numb for about 5 minutes. I'm better now, but that was scary! (I have low blood pressure and have fainted for no reason in the past) Glad I didn't faint, but I'm wondering if my reaction was normal.

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  43. This happened to me yesterday! I was at work and hit my elbow really hard. It felt like a funny bone, but with 10x the pain. I stood up and was trying to walk because I was panicking that I couldn't feel my arm. My vision was fading and everything was turning dark. I could barely hear also. The next thing I knew I was on the ground fumbling over a chair, trying to get my balance. It was so bizarre. It took a good 10 minutes to feel normal again. Thank god I didn't hit my head when I fell; could have been a lot worse! Now I know it is a somewhat normal occurance, however very rare.

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  44. Hi I hit my elbow on the banister when I slipped on the stairs. I didn't feel feel too good but got on with it cos it was my husbands birthday and didn't want to spoil it.
    but just this morning I got up for work and felt sick hot cold and sweaty all at the same time. I had to lay back on the bed cos I thought I would pass out.
    I didn't go to work. do you think this is because of my fall. I didn't bang anything else just my elbow and pride. xxx

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  45. Dear Anonymous from Feb. 18 - i am sorry about your fall. Thank goodness you didn't really hurt yourself. As far a I know, the symptoms come immediately after hitting the nerve. Your symptoms sound really similar though. Maybe you have the flu? Hope you feel better soon!

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  46. Dear All, my 9 years old daughter hit her elbow and faint after 10 seconds in front of me. That was the scariest scenne I have ever experienced.Thanks for all to share your cases. This helped me a lot to understand that this is more common than I could imagine.Thanks again

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  47. Dear Anonymous March 16 - I know how scary it can be to see your child collapse right in front of your eyes. Hope your daughter is fully recovered and you are, too. Glad this site has been helpful to you. Keep safe!
    Angela

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  48. Hi thankyou for this website , my 7 year old daughter hit her elbow and fainted this afternoon and yes it was very frightening , I didn't see her hit her elbow so I didn't know untill she came around what had happened , her eyes rolled and she shock , I also thought she had a seizure . Not very nice to witness and I didn't know what to do with her, so gave her some water and later hot sugery tea and jafa cake seemed to put colour back in her cheeks . Glad to hear everyone's else's experience on here , hopefully it won't happen again but if it does I will feel a bit more prepared !

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  49. I'm a collegiate softball player and in a game that happened yesterday i got hit In the elbow with a 60 mph pitch. i instantly felt pain and it lasted for the rest of the game. I felt light headed, nauseous and as if I was going to throw up. Along with that, my whole elbow area started throbbing. I had trouble sleeping because I could not find a comfortable spot. There is swelling and even some seams across my elbow where I got hit and I became so nauseous today that I actually threw up. The throbbing isn't as intense anymore but I am still extremely uncomfortable and have difficulty moving in certain directions, especially extension. But there is no position I can have my arm where it does not hurt. That's when I googled it. Is throwing up okay too? Or could that be more serious?
    -Mckinna

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    1. Hi McKinna. I am so sorry to hear what happened. I would get this checked out at the doctors as this sounds more serious. Especially because of the pain. Let us know how it turns out.
      Angela

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  50. I once hit my elbow and called my grandmother over. I told her I hit a nerve and I did not feel good. Then I remember getting pretty light headed and slowely falling over. When I woke up my grandmother was there and apparently was following my head with a pillow to.catch my fall. 6months after my pinky finger.was still numb.

    Im okay now, never fainted after or before that experience

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  51. I was at walmart last night loading the car. I hit my elbow on the corner of my car door and felt excruciating pain, i remeber yelling to my boyfriend and sitting down in the passenger seat and holding my hand. The next thing i know i woke up to my boyfriend panicking trying to get me to come to as im on the ground in the walmart parking lot. I remebered hitting my elbow, my name my address, everything, and felt almost numb, no pain except the tinglong in my hand. So i didnt go to the er. Today my head hurts a little and my neck and back hurt bad. Should i go to the doctor?

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  52. Hi Anonymous from April 29. Sorry to hear about what happened. Since you say your neck and back hurt bad, I would recommend you see the doctor. Maybe something happened when you fell to the ground. Let us know how it turns out for you.

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  53. This just happened to me, I hit my knee pretty hard on my desk which really hurt but then I felt really sick, started to lose my vision till I completely blacked out- my hearing went too and it sounded a like a really loud 'shhhhh' in my ears. Came round in a cold sweat to a mess of a room as my sister tells me i'd been shaking and my arms were flailing and I had knocked everything over as I fell to the floor. Felt pretty shaken after but fine now. I remember blacking out in primary school after hitting my knee but I dont remember feel sick and my vision came back after a few seconds. Are some people more prone to this? It's not an experience I particularly want to go through again!

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  54. These posts have been most helpful! 15 years ago as a teenager I was showering and hit my elbow on the handles, passed out and cracked my chin open! Blood everywhere. Definitely scary. But this was the only time it happened... Until just now I was squeezing a large lemon into the glass and while I was pressing down particularly hard, I heard a crack or pop in my elbow but didn't feel a thing. No pain. A few moments later I started to get crazy hot and see stars, so I immediately went to lie down. I got outrageously hot and was going in and out. I honestly couldn't tell if my body wanted to throw up or pass out. The feeling lasted long enough for me to wonder if needed to call 911. Fortunately I fought thru it and when the "fever" broke, it broke super fast. I went from boiling hot one moment to freezing in the next. Crazy. I never felt any elbow pain... and I never bumped it but still nearly fainted...
    -Brooke

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  55. I am so glad that i am not alone with this!!!! Ever since i can remember, i have blacked out whenever i hit my knee or my elbow. Sometimes, i would pass out but wake up a few seconds later feeling nauseous and disoriented. It is kind of embarassing that i pass out from somethig so minor. I had to google and see if anyone else knew what i was talking about.

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  56. I practically did the same thing yesterday. I sat down at out table and hit my funny bone on the edge of my chair. Usually when I bump by funny bone I get a sort of tingling sensation down my arm but this time it felt like someone had dipped my hand in boiling water. At first I though it was funny (hahaha, how ironic), though then my ears began ringing, I got extremely dizzy, felt very sick and my vision went. Apparently I went extremely pale as well. In short, my elbow is still achy/sore now, I can't completely straighten it due to pain and my hand is still tingly. I have also broken my elbow twice in the past and so if the pain is still there tomorrow I might make a trip to the hospital... Will keep you posted on how it turns out :)
    /Tom

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    1. So, because my elbow is still sore and my hand is still tingling, I went to the hospital and they got me to do a whole ton of tests such as grasping things and moving my arm. The verdict was this: I had managed to dislocate my Ulna Nerve and 'badly' crush it. It is apparently now back in place, though very, very swollen (not visibly at all, but obvious if you know what to feel for). The doctor said that I should try to use my arm a little bit but not to overwork it, and that it should be better in 6 or so weeks.

      Hope this info can help in some way but if you really think you have done something bad my best advice would be to get it checked out as soon as possible!!
      /Tom :)

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  58. This happened to me this morning while I was at work. I hit my head on something and screwed up my knees on the tile floor

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  59. I have thyroid issues and thought that my symptoms from hitting my elbow on the corner of a chair were due to that. I didn't faint but I got dizzy, nauseous and pale. I knew if I didnt sit down in that same chair I would be on the ground. My elbow hurt for a long time and the symptoms lasted for about 15 minutes. I drank water and waited to feel better. First time that's ever happend to me. I was kinda embarassed because I didnt want to pass out in front of alot of pple. I also have low blood pressure.

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  60. Happened to my 8 year old daughter yesterday at Day Camp. Singing and being silly to a counselor, bumped her elbow hard, said "Ow"... and held her elbow. Counselor said her face when blank and she fell over. Has a pretty good busted lip, but otherwise seems okay. Never happened before. she says... "i hit my elbow, and then i saw spots... next thing i remember is people waking me up"

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  61. It just happened to me about an hour ago I hit my elbow on a railing and felt like I hit my fun bone times ten the started feeling light headed than I don't remember what happened I woke up a few seconds later and felt sick after for 30 mins

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  62. So crazy that I googled passing out due to hitting the knee area. I struck the side of my knee when I opened the door of the dryer. I hit the side of my knee in such a way that I felt an intense shooting pain and then I started blacking out. I am wondering if the same type of nerve that many have hit in the elbow is the same as it is in the knee?? I was so concerned for my children (due their ages 2 & 4) and was thankful that I had drank enough water prior to hitting my knee (which I believed helped bounce me back from passing completely out). Thank you for this blog post and I will recommend this site for my mom viewers and their little ones who hit their funny bones!

    http://therealhousewifeoftazewellcounty.blogspot.com/

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  63. Hi RHOTC. Sorry to hear about your knee incident. Yes, there is a Peroneal Nerve in the knee that is similar to the funny bone in the elbow. I have had some people comment about that. I myself have almost passed out too, by hitting my knee. Please share with your mom viewers, as it may alleviate some fear if/when it ever happens. I have more info on the right side of this blog under the header on the Peroneal Nerve. Thanks for reading and stay safe!
    Angela

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  64. Just last night I was at a friends for a camp fire. I was taking some wood and splitting dry pieces in half by stomping on the middle.

    One of the splits I did caused a piece of wood to hit my knee very hard, it was painful I could almost not stand on it (It almost felt like being winded but at the knee!)

    Almost immediately things were strange, my vision all of a sudden darkened and focused (directly in front of me was clear but everything around was fuzzy) and at one point my hearing just cut out.

    All of a sudden, I'm thinking that I'm sleeping and having a dream, I open my eyes with everyone asking if I'm alright and then I stood up.

    I got up and all of a sudden started perspiring heavily for 5 minutes. After that I was fine... really shaken up but fine.

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  65. It just happened to me for the 4th time in my life! First time was a hard smash on a file cabinet more than 15 years ago, and then again that same year after hitting it on a desk. Then just last year I was receiving acupuncture and once I got it in the elbow I passed right out, shaking and all.

    Then last night my girlfriend was rubbing both elbows simultaneously and I began to feel the sensation. Sat down and within a few seconds was dead weight. Freaked her right out.

    This is the first time I've looked it up though! Glad to know I'm not the only one

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  66. This is the first time I've googled this too - I'm glad to know that it happens to other people. I've fainted twice from hitting my funny bone on the bathroom counter. The second time I knew it was coming - I felt this surge of pain passing through my body and up to my head. I've fainted from other things too - like getting a blood test. I'm glad to know I'm not alone!

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  67. This happened to me a couple years ago. I was messing around with a friend and he punched me a couple times in the elbow. It wasn't the funny bone it was like an inch under that. It felt like a deep bruise right away and was very sore. I started to feel like headed and nauseous and I told him I felt like I was gonna black out and I did a few seconds later. When I came to, my eyes were rolled back and I thought I was dreaming or something because I had no idea what was going on. But I was still nauseous when I got up and had to sit outside. That is the first and only time thats happened.

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  68. It was a dark and semi-stormy after the post meridian. I was in my historical lessons class with my historical companions by my side... or so I thought. My own business is what I was minding, doing my historical work VERY diligently. Then out of nowhere, right after I scootched in my blue chair, it hit me. It came in like a wrecking ball. My world turned black. Then white. Then the pianos came. A sound of beautiful music filled my mind. I hummed quietly while unconscious to the sound of God and love and light. Then, I clearly remember seeing my own sprawled out body on the floor. Half of my body was still on the chair though, my face on the cold ground. I started screaming. Not because of my catastrophe, but because of the fact that I knew I was going to break out in pimples on my left cheek because of the dirt and puke that remained on the floor from past students. Then I realized that my shouts couldn't even save me. None of my fellow students even noticed. The historical companions that I thought would always be by my side were not there anymore. Oh the tragedy. Someone. Anyone. Take my face off the ground so I won't break out in zits on the left side of my posh face. Then everything went white. Then black. Then the pianos again. Then I awoke. In a total panic.

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  69. Yesteday was an unfortunate day. I was casually picking out my wedgy and i thought someone saw HOW EMBARRASSING! So i span round, in the excitment of it all i hit my elbow so hard that i though id BROKEN MY ARM TRAGEDY. I then suddenly felt faint. next thing i know i was fitting and woke up surrounded by faces and a first aider. WEIRD

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  70. I was at the Tennis court, was at a game leading 3-1 (30/30) first set, hit the corner of my elbow in the follow through of a forehand. After rubbing a bit i stood up to serve again, but felt nauseating dim an had a feeling of fainting, I have fainted in the past so knew where it is going to end. however i was still resisting, went to serve position and came back 2 times, ultimately i decided to lay down all flat on the court. I did not completely blacked out and was communicating with my opponent throughout. But i would say i had some good 60-90 seconds before i was sure that if i stand i'll fall down. Its good to know that there are other people who have similar situtaions and not die because of that. A strike on the elbow is something which has been mainly dicussed here. but i ended up in a simliar situtaion because of seeing blood, getting wax cleaned from my ear and standing in the sun. I've read about it and could co relate a lot with this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_nerve

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  71. wow! this is so interesting, This happened to me last night slipped down a wet step at a friends house, banged my knee really hard, tried to get up and felt really sick and faint! thought I must sit down, but too late! came to later flat out with a big lump on my cheek bone. This is not the first time this has happened, I twisted my ankle once and just fainted1 but I do have low blood pressure, and even tho' i'm in my 50's its always stayed low. I was beginning to think I was a bit of a freak, but after reading so many comments on here..........I'm not on my own lol!

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  72. My son and husband also have this problem with lower body injuries. My son is 8 and experienced this for his first time this morning after falling on a water bowl. The color went out of my sons face & lips, he felt nauseated, had a headache, and said he saw black. I recalled my husband blacking out after hitting his knee several years ago and that orange juice made him feel better. After my son drank his juice he was completely recovered and playing in 45 minutes. The doctors mistook my husbands for hypoglycemia. This is how he stumbled on OJ helping him to feel better.

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  73. I'm a merchandiser for Home Depot. Today I hit my elbow really hard on a steel beam. I began to get dizzy and I thought maybe I was about to faint for the first time in my life. Since I was standing on racking about 5 feet off the floor, I had to crouch down and wait for the feeling to pass. I broke out in a cold sweat. For the last half-hour of my shift I was feeling weak. Three hours later, I feel like I'm at about 90%. But I still have a knot on my elbow. I'm guessing it will hurt more tomorrow morning.

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  74. It has happened to me twice, both from hitting my elbow, both times while i was out I had intense dreams that seem to go on forever, but only are as long as I am out. I also twitch in my legs a little according to people who were there. Ever time since that I have hit my funny bone really hard, I immediately lay down and try to elevate my feet, I usually get really close but I have not full passed out since I have done this.

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  75. I had just hit my elbow very hard in the shower and everything started to darken so I just laid there for 5 mins

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  76. Today I was at McDonalds with my 5 yr old granddaughter. She loves to sit at the high tables. I was getting down from the chair when it swung back and the corner slammed into my elbow. I quickly slid into the seat because I thought I was going to pass out. I broke out in a horrible sweat, couldn't move my arm, felt like I could throw up, hot, shaky etc... It was frightening. I kept looking up at my granddaughter thinking don't pass out, don't pass out. Still not sure why I didn't? All of this lasted about 5 minutes. My granddaughter was a doll & just sat there, but she wasn't scared. Thank god! We talked about it after. I did tell her if I ever fainted don't be scared just get help from someone who works there. I've hit my elbow many times through my life but never where it caused so much physical symptoms. Definitely not a funny bone!

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  77. Hi guys.. I'm 37, have been passing out all my life..I don't have clue what the condition is but any time I lean or lightly bump any joint Like elbow..knees...or twist my arm a certain way were the nerves get pinched...or just kneel on a unsmooth surface..i blackout. Same feelings as everyone else when passing out..people have asked if i had epelpsie...cause of the shaking. I have a huge pain tolerence. I never have to feel pain to blackout just need to tap the "spots" and I'm done. I have normal blood pressure except it drops low when sleeping. So any info would be great.lol!

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  78. This happened to me for the first time today. I hit my elbow on a light switch in my hallway. I made it to the bathroom where I started to feel nauseous and light headed and my ears started ringing and my vision going black. I immediately sat down and was stuck there for a while until I could make it to the living room. Even walking those few feet started it all over again. I'm all alone during the day and it scared me so bad that I called my mom who is three hours away because my husband was at work. I was glad to find out it's fairly common and I'm not going to die lol.

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  79. This has happened to me twice, once in college, more than a few years ago. And just the other day. Really freaked my mom out even though she knew about the previous time.

    My question is, is this something I can wake up from without anyone's help just in case there is no one around? Those instances there were people around that were able to wake me up.

    And another question is, is there anyone else on here that experience weird dreams and or visions during the time you were out? I can't remember what I saw while being out but I can remember seeing something.

    Thanks!

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    1. i saw a light bulb????????

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    2. Dear Anonymous (May 12, 2014),
      As far as I know, and based on other people's comments, you will eventually come to on your own. Not sure about the weird dreams and visions.
      Thanks for reading!
      Angela

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  80. This sort of thing happened to me, just today actually. I hit the top of my foot really hard, foot hurt and felt tingly, then my leg felt a litle funny. Then all of a sudden I felt dizzy, started losing my sight a n d next thing I know I am on my couch and once I came to my hearing was muffled and I was sweating. Very bizarre, never had anything like that happen. I was fine 5-10mins after fainting. Fine now. Freaked me out, mustve hit a nerve. Glad to read other ppl have had similar situations on their elbows/knees.

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  81. I am so glad that I found this blog, at least I know it's not just me. I hit my elbow yesterday on my funny bone, within seconds I thought I was going to be sick then I thought I was going to pass out, my legs went to jelly and it was all I could do not to black out. I kept thinking I have something on the stove, do not pass out. I made my way to a chair and it was 20 minutes before I felt somewhat better. I had no idea what had happened and I think I will wear elbow pads from now on.

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  82. The other day I was getting clothes out of the dryer and hit the latch with my elbow really hard, all of a sudden I started feeling dizzy and sick to my stomach, so I sat down on the floor and next thing I know my husband is standing over me telling me it was going to be ok, I had fainted..
    Thank goodness he came to see what happen and I had the sense to sit down before I blacked out..
    Dh Jokes I need elbow pads as well..LOL

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  83. Just tonight I hit my forearm just below my elbow on the corner of a table. I heard something pop and felt fine for a few seconds and then became dizzy. My vision went away and I laid down on the floor, as I have experienced vasovagal syncope before. I am pleased to say that I did not pass out, but I still have reduced mobility in my arm and pain with movement... I am hoping its nothing serious because if I need any blood work done, I'll pass out too... Living like this is such an annoyance, but I'm glad that I'm not alone.

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  84. So glad to have found this blog and to know that this is fairly common. Today my son was outside throwing a football with his brother. He was running to catch it when he ran into the trampoline....with his elbow receiving the blunt of the force. The area he hit became swollen pretty quick and he started feeling a little icky so he came inside to show me. As he was holding his elbow out for me to see, he started to lean in a little closer. Next thing I know he is crumpling onto the floor with me trying to hold him as I had no idea what was going on. I thought he may have gotten bit or had hit his head. It was also about 100 degrees outside so then thought it could be heat related.

    Anyways we called 9-1-1 cause I thought he was having a seizure since he was jerking around when he passed out. Scary moment but glad to know it wasn't anything too serious.

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  85. This literally just happened to me! I hit my elbow really freaking hard on the corner of the fridge. The pain was bad enough that I dropped to one knee, and then sat down to see if I could get it to stop. All of a sudden, I started to get dizzy and lightheaded, so I turned to put my back to the fridge and feet against the cupboards. The feeling of it was horrible. I got tunnel-vision, and my whole body felt like it'd just stopped. It probably took three or four minutes before I could move again.
    Even as a licensed massage therapist, and with a bit of a medical background, I wasn't aware you could go into shock just from hitting the ulnar nerve..very scary, but good to know I'm not alone!

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  86. Same thing happened to me a year ago. I was leaving my car when the sharp end of the door went straight into my funny bone. I started walking then next thing I knew I was lying down in the middle of the parking lot with my mom next to me and strangers calling 911. It was scary. My blood pressure was fine and they told me it was because the weather was hot and I had not eaten. It hurt bad though. Glad I'm not the only one !!

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  87. I would like to say it is nice to know I'm not the only one. I have done this twice now, once about 7 years ago and then again last week. My blood pressure is also normal so who knows why it happens to only certain people.
    Thanks to everyone for posting.

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  88. I have been researching this as interestingly I am working on a project concerning carpal tunnel but 3 weeks ago I was on a train and I sneezed violently turning to my right ( so I didnt sneeze all over the passenger next to me ).

    I felt a sharp pain in my neck and shoulder. Moments later I felt nauseous, experience a hot sweat followed by a cold sweat. My vision began to white out and I was breathing shallowly. I was extremely close to feinting.

    I think I panicked a bit and started to breath deeper and avoided passing out. Fortunately I work with a group of Doctors and Surgeons and they explained what happened. Basically the same thing only I pinched a nerve at the neck or shoulder that triggerred it.

    Glad to know Im not the only one. Was a bit scary going through it with no one familar around

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  89. My Daughter hit her elbow on the corner of a file cabinet at school then felt dizzy, passed out for a few seconds then had a headache and nausea for the rest of the day. Since she was hit in the face with a soccer ball the day before, I thought it might be a concussion. Sooo happy to know about the reflex response others felt. makes much more sense to me now. Thanks of all of the comments!

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  90. Thanks so much for this post! There's a lot of really helpful information here. Keep up the good work on this blog!

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  91. Okay I am worried because today I was playing a game in PE and ran into the wall really hard and put my right arm out. The palm of my hand slammed into the wall causing pain in my wrist (its not broken...) which shot up into my head. I couldn't move and I felt as if I were going to pass out. The world was spinning. Not as if this were bad enough I couldn't hear out of my left ear. Its sounded like it was in a can. This only lasted a few minutes but my wrist is still in pain. I think I struck a nerve. I am worried that it will happen again and I'm not sure if something is wrong. I tried looking it up and this blog is the closest thing to what happened to me that I could find...

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  92. Early in life I experienced a 'faint', mine was in the school playground aged 13/14. it wasn't my first! I had been leaning against the building drinking the regulatory 1/3rd pint of milk [issued to school children in postwar 1940's - 60's UK], when I knocked my 'funny bone' on the wall. Recognising the ebbing consciousness 'symptoms', so with only seconds 'to go' I warned my schoolmate " I'm going to pass out, don't worry I'll be alright in a few minutes", and slid down the wall to prevent falling and hurting myself - I don't remember when it happened before, though I doubt it's occurred more than a handful of times in my 74years.
    Most recently this year, some teenage school children going home after school stepped into the road ... backwards... right in front of me without looking [a dare?] ,,,, and I was unable to brake my push bike in time, crashing into them! I went over the handlebars and lay stunned half on road and pavement for a minute or two. What I recall is one boy repeatedly saying, "are you all right, I'm really sorry", and my inability
    to reply for a few seconds, but I think that was all 'just' shock, then asking if he was OK! I hadn't banged my helmet protected head, and with his help I managed to stand up, but recognising 'the symptoms' quickly said to him, "I'm going to pass out, don't worry I'll be OK", then slid down the wall I was leaning on, to prevent 'falling' injury .... and came to! How long I was 'out' for I don't know, but it was long enough
    for an ambulance to be called. Though they came quickly, I had more or less recovered when they arrived and after a few questions and conversation they were happy for me to cycle the three miles home. No lasting effects, but that night in bed my LH elbow felt tender and I realised the cause of my 'faint'!
    Though probably unrelated to elbows, another incident happened when
    in the '80' I was caught out during a wintry snowy/ icy spell driving home early afternoon after an early shift, and was caught in a snow drift. A pick-up vehicle behind had ropes which unassisted I tried to tie round my rear bumper without gloves in an effort to get my vehicle off the main road. Tieing frozen rope barehanded was impossible and I succumbed to the elements [hypothermia?] and passed out. How long for I don't know except that I was 'transported to a tropical island where I Iay under cocoanut trees, with a beaming sun, on a sandy beach, with blue water lapping at my feet'...... it was loveIy, then I woke up!
    I was helped to a single deck bus where I lay on the long seat whilst the bus crew tried to warm my frozen hands, and then helped me across the road to a Pub. It was full of stranded people, with staff distributing hot soup. The landlady 'privately' tried to warm my frozen finger's, but regrettably I was so cold I was unable to get 'full' benefit.
    NB Hypothermia is not conducive to .....!
    PS Wikipedia has useful information on this.

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  93. 9 months ago I was in a Farm Supply store with 4 of my younger children, when I hit my elbow on the corner of one of the shelves. I felt extreme pain and out of breath within a few seconds. I stopped and handed what I was carrying to my daughter because I felt I was losing control of my hands. Next, I felt light headed and told my children not to worry if I passed out that I would be o.k. I was blacking out and feeling sweaty. The next thing I remember was feeling pain in my back. I slowly came to with a burst of energy jumped to my feet and made sure they were o.k. They say that I was shaking all over after passing out. I realized that the pain in my back was from hitting a shelf when I fell backwards. We quickly left the store and sat in the car for awhile until I was sure nothing else was going to happen. I felt extremely exhausted. We went to Disney World a few weeks later and I made sure not to ride any of the extreme roller coasters because I wasn't sure what had happened before. The seizure scared me. Now, I'm glad to see that other people have had this happen with no further problems. If this ever happens again, I will make sure to lay on my back as quickly as possible.

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  94. It was roughly 3 years ago, I was registering at the YMCA (swimming and workout place) and I was just giving my credit card info. While I was telling her my name I hit my elbow sharply on the desk. I suddenly felt lightheaded and like I was about to vomit. I told the lady I needed to run to the bathroom, so I turned around and totally blacked out! I was totally fine after, I didn't feel sick or anything after!

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  95. That happened to me! I was on a train, wishing this person would pay more attention to me, and laughed to myself that if something happened right now, and I was hurt, they'd pay attention. Oddly enough, I pushed back my metal chair and smacked my elbow on the metal chair behind me. A sharp pain started in my elbow and spread through my whole body. I woke up and felt like my face was being pulled off the floor after somebody had pressed it there. I was surrounded by people, and one was holding me down. "What the..." I asked, my head pounding as I tried to push myself up. I knew if I stayed down I'd throw up, and got mad as the person above me forced me down. I was completely fine, and I really hated it at the time when they babied me! (I was a feisty kid.) Anyways, it was confirmed I was fine. It almost happened again in middle school when a kid knocked me over in basketball. My elbow smashed against the ground, and suddenly I couldn't hear anything and my elbow hurt somethin' awful.I just stood there, in the middle of the court clutching my elbow and staring into space. I knew if I walked I'd pass out. I also knew that if I gave up and let myself fall, I'd be out, and probably for more than the game, but for the rest of the school day. And embarrassed. I couldn't hear the coach yelling, or the girl right next to me. I didn't even feel her touch my arm. I just looked at her when I noticed her, nodded, said what I think was "yeah", and walked to the other side of the court and stood there. Afterwards my hearing returned, but a very loud, fuzzy TV filled my ears for the next five minutes. It was annoying. Okay now, but I call that elbow my pass out button!

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  96. I hit my kneecap today, on the leg of the table. It was so very painful, but I just thought I could deal with it. Next thing I remember, it is myself looking at the ceiling, and the warm hands of one of my classmates, who happened to be a doctor, holding my hand. I have no idea for how long I had been lying there. My classmate was afraid that I might be having some sort of an epileptic seizure because she said that I sort of moved my tongue and my mouth, while I was on the floor. However, I know that I never had such a problem. I got up and fortunately, I didn't get hurt. Now, I don't feel any pain either on my knee or my head.
    I remember having the same problem when I was a kid- always with my knees. It had been a really long time since the last time it happened. My mum would always be so frustrated, because she thought it was something very serious- something that was happening because of something else, and she was worried because she didn't know what this "something else" was. To tell you the truth, I found it very reasonable in my mind to pass out because of the pain and I guess that this is what I thought that happened to everybody when they got hurt. It was definitely annoying, or even a bit "dangerous", maybe, but it definitely sounded "normal" to me. Apparently, that was not the case. However, I was very glad to read that I'm not the only one! I guess that the "low blood pressure theory" may apply to me as well. As a matter of fact today, it was also the first day of my period. I have no idea if this makes any sense...
    Next time, I feel this intense pain, I may just lie down, before I faint- if I get the chance. Everybody else freaked out when they saw me falling off the chair I was sitting on, right two seconds ago- I could tell from the look on their faces when I opened my eyes. Even the secretary who had her desk in a totally different room, was there with a glass of water in her hands... I really don't know what they may had been imagining...
    I can't really say it was embarrassing, but it felt sort of awkward trying to explain that I was actually OK and that it had happened to me before, when I was a kid. I suppose that all we can do, is to sort of be prepared for whenever the nerve... strikes back!!!!

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  97. Hello guys I just wanna tell my story probably you can help me figure out what happened I was lying down on my hammock when I recieve a call from My cousin he was at the front door so I ran for the door and on my way up there, I hit my arm against the corner I was the part where your arm and hand joined and after I felt a terrible pain which actually rose a lot and then started feeling dizzy and next I remember I was lying down on the Grass totally lost I didn't know what happened...it was some few days ago and I've been concerned since that happened even at the point that I believe I'm suffering panic attacks feeling like I'm gonna faint again but after breathing in deep for some seconds the feeling goes away I think I'm traumatized

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  98. I want to comment because this happened once to me when I struck my knee. I was around fourteen years old, it was the middle of the summer and I was helping my grandmother put sheets on a bed. I remember striking the edge my knee on the sharp edge of the bed (the corner of the bed hit the space beneath the kneecap where the bone dips toward the leg). I kept moving to help with the bed linens but I must have felt dizzy because I remember sitting down on the edge of the bed. The next thing I remember my vision went white and I felt like I was shaking---it felt like about five seconds, I don't know how long it lasted. My grandmother was holding my back when I came to. She said I'd started shaking my eyes rolled back for a few seconds. She thought it was because I hadn't eaten breakfast and then insisted I go downstairs and eat something. I was fourteen and scared out of my wits, I worried I'd just had a seizure and thought I needed to go to the emergency room, but I was just a kid and so what did I do? I went downstairs and ate breakfast. I've never had anything like that happen in my life, not before or sense. I asked a doctor years later and she said it probably occurred I'd struck a nerve on my knee. I've been fine since, never happened again. Seeing all these comments makes me realize it's not that unusual.

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  99. Happened to me today. I was walking through the living room and hit my knee on the sharp edge of the coffee table. Next thing I remember are my parents helping me get up. It took me couple of seconds to figure out what has happened since I do not even remember falling down. I was a bit disoriented at first and very pale according to my folks. My sight was slightly blurry but I was fine after couple of hours. I was actually pretty lucky because I managed to hit my head on the chair as I was falling down so I have bruises on my head and shoulder from the fall. Scary experience for my parents since they watched me fall but I feel fine now.

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  100. Happened TWICE!!! First time, it happened 8 years ago when I was feeding my baby. I hit my elbow with the corner of the dining table and luckily I was next to a chair. I started to feel light-headed and completely black out seconds after. Next thing I know is that I found myself seating on the chair. Last night, talking to my husband and son in the kitchen while I was putting something in the fridge, I hit my elbow really hard with one of the door drawers, I closed the fridge and immediately started to feel I was going to pass out (remembering the feeling from last time), so I went to a nearby step and tried to sit down, the next thing I see is my husband and son calling me and asking me what had happened. I told them I didn't feel good while I was seating down but I said it so low they didn't hear me. They said I started to shake as soon I sat down. It happen so fast, not even 30 seconds, I felt a little weak when I tried to stand up but after half an hour I was fine, like nothing had happened, and my elbow doesn't even hurt today.

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  101. Came here looking for information on having a seizure after hitting my funny bone ... great to find that other folks have had similar 'events'. Today I had an episode at work where I hit my elbow on a sharp metal corner. It hurt more than any other funny bone 'episode' I've ever had. Felt like I was starting to 'see stars' and I passed out and had a seizure for about 10 seconds. Luckily a co-worker was there to grab me so I didn't fall over and helped me find a seat on the ground. I was groggy when I woke and he told me what happened but felt fairly lucid. I've had 3 grand mal seizures as a teenager and they lasted much longer and I was completely out of it for many minutes after the seizure was over. I didn't remember anything after having those but this one I did. Based on information I've found on-line (including this site, thank you!) I now feel fairly confident that this wasn't another grand mall seizure, just an unfortunate hitting of the ulnar nerve that shocked my system. Thanks to all who posted!

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  102. Today this happened to my 10yr old daughter. She had spent the night at a friends house and I got a call from the parents around 10 a.m. stating that she had hit her elbow and had basically fainted in the kitchen. Of course that scared me and I went to pick her up immediately and take her to her to the walk in clinic at her pediatricians office since it is available on Sunday and they see patients for 2 hours. The doctor explained the elbow and knee hitting thing to me and why it happens to certain people. I must say after seeing this post I am relieved to know that my daughter's episode is not unique and that what happened most likely is exactly what is wrong with her. Luckily she didn't have any bad injuries although she did bump her head according to a witness and then slumped down to the floor. she came to a few seconds later complaining that her eyesight has gone out and that she was hot but doesn't really remember anything much after hitting her elbow. She has only complained of being dizzy once since that happened nearly 7 hours ago and we have discussed that if she ever feels hot or thinks her eyesight is going out, then she should sit or lie down immediately to protect yourself so I thank you for all these posts!

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  103. Just happened to my sister for the third time (Over a 5 year period). The first time (a few years ago) she knocked her knee whilst sitting on a chair, and fainted - and scared the heck out of me because she was turning pale. On the second round, she slammed her elbow against the wall after trying to take her jacket off - and got dizzy.

    The third time I kicked her in the knee on accident after we were joking around, but this time she got to floor fast and was able to avoid fainting.

    I need elbow and knee caps for my sister lol.

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  104. Thank God for this website because this happened to me today when I was walking into work. I tripped walking up the stairs and banged my knee pretty hard. Although it hurt, I've fallen plenty of times and have never had the same reaction that I experienced today. After about a minute I began to feel extremely lightheaded and nauseous, along with experiencing what felt like extreme pressure in my ears and distorted hearing. I sped walked to my desk and sat down, and I began to sweat profusely. I am talking beads of sweat dripping from my head and I started to feel really hot, like I was burning up. I think I was nervous from not knowing the cause, so my heart began to beat really fast and I thought that I was going to pass out, although I didn't. The symptoms managed to last around 15 minutes before subsiding. It was a terrifying experience, but after researching it a bit I realized that it is a pretty common occurrence and not to panic. Hope this helps!

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  105. What I cant understand is that the doctors cant give this any form f diagnosis or medical title?? Has anyone hear ever had one? Knees, and elbows yes, but for me, its almost any bang to the body. Pulling of neck and trapped fingers most recently. I heave to vomit, strip down, and lie on my back in order to gain back control.

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  106. This is the fifth time it happened to me in the past 20 years and I don't think it needs to be elbows or knees. I've hit my finger on two different occasions, sprained my ankle, hit my little toe and hit my elbow so hard that my palm was numb for weeks. Even 10 years later if I hit the same spot on my elbow again my palm begins to tickle again. I never faint but am super nauseous, dizzy, sweat like crazy, my face turns white and today I had a ringing in my ear. It also takes a few mins to hit and I am fine after 15 mins. I guess it's a sign of shock of some sort...

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  107. I'm 15 and female and I faint approximately once a year; it happens every time I have a sudden but minor injury (such as a knock on my elbow or when I sprained my ankle two days ago). I can always feel it coming on, and I'm concious long enough to find a soft spot to lie down or -in one case- tie my hair up. (Just make sure you're not in one of Bei Jing's public toilet streams).
    It usually lasts 30 seconds, and I can hear people speaking but I'm in a crazy but real dream.

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  108. Hi! I went through this before too! I was shopping with my parents, and as I was quickly came back to the shopping cart and readjusted my jacket sleeve... my elbow went down to the handle bar and I didn't think it would bother me much, but my breathing started to worsen and my vision would go blurry and eventually i told my parents and they let me sit down. I could see one or two people looking at me, but I recovered a few moments later.

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  109. Hi,
    I am 25 yrs old working in chennai, I too had the similar faint three times before the last one happened today. I was traveling in local train and i was about to get off.suddenly my elbow hit the iron rod in the train, i just cant feel myself and felt body shaking suddenly i fallout from the train.then when i regain my senses i see people around me and helping me to get back normal. The luck was train just stopped at the station before i fell(* as told by some people around me)and i dont have any injuries.GOD's GRACE

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  110. I hit the top of my head a few minutes ago and had similar effects. I went to pick something up off of the floor and hit my head on the corner of a table. Then It all came so quickly. I took a step and started feeling dizzy then light headed and started to black out I then passed out. Now I'm having these intense pains in my head. I'm not sure what I should do about It.

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  111. Thank god it has happened to other people. Well, not like THAT, I mean at least it's not just me.

    Today in class I hit my funny bone on the back of the chair, and it hurt like nothing else. It burned, and I started seeing lights. And everything was getting dizzy. Things were turning in to white and yellow spots and I began to lose my hearing. Everything was muffled. I just leaned over the table and tried to stand still. I felt like I could lose control of my body- I had to constantly wake myself up and I keep myself awake. At more than one point, I felt complete loss of control over my mind- the bright lights and spots had completely cluttered my mind.
    I had my friend walk me to the health room, and after a couple minutes I was fine again...

    This was the second time it happened to me. First time was when I hit my knee on a pole. I was outside and the sun just kept growing and growing. And then all I could see were spots. I felt like I was going to die. :(

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  112. A similar thing has happened to me twice. While getting ready for bed I banged the side of my knee on a wood best bed post really hard. It was extremely painful. About a minute after I started shaking uncontrollably and got really cold. It didn't pass out however. The pain and shaking slowly subsided after about 5 minutes. Pretty scary.

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  113. This just happened to me AGAIN at work today. This has been going on repeatedly for me for about the last 20 years or so. It is both of my knees and I have myself trained that if I hit either one of those knees, I need to sit down and sit down now because I only have about 5 - 10 seconds and I am literally out cold. It almost feels like when you are going under anesthetic and you just kind of drift away. It doesn't last long, 20-30 seconds ,but it feels like it's been hours after you come to. Very confused and hot ... and you absolutely need fresh air for sure. And then I feel like crap for a hour or two. BUT, want to share one thing with you all, when this happened for the first time I went to the doctor, which sent me to the hospital where they ran all kinds of tests on me and tried to say that I was epileptic. I told 2 neurologists that they were pretty much full of crap and this was the direct result of hitting my knee. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS ! I can not stress this enough. It got to the point then where they didn't want me to drive because I had a " Loss of consciouseness " . Twenty years ago the medical field was not obligated to notify the DOT that you had a loss of consciouseness BUT they are now !!! They tried to tell me that I had epileptic seizure spikes in my EEG and I needed to take this horrible anti seizure medication. Yeah .. I did it for awhile but went off it and never told anyone, I wanted to see if I had any problems... NO PROBLEMS, I just have to be VERY CAREFUL not to hit my knees ... that's all. Be careful with the DOT issues and your drivers license surrounding this. Chances are when this is happening to you, I know how I am, and MOST of the time, IT HAS TO BE A SHARP CORNER... I have never done this in the car / no sharp corners there. JUST please you guys save yourself the hassle of having DOT issues with your drivers license. This IS NOT a random act of a Loss of Consciouseness.

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  114. Today I needed to reach something in a high cabinet. I intended to hop up on the counter and hit my knee of the granite. The pain was so intense and I blacked out. I woke up lying on my kitchen counter and was very disorientated. I was alone but had just loaded my kids on the car and has run back inside for some thing I forgot in that cabinet. I was nauseous and sweaty and felt off all day. I must not have been out for too long because the kids didn't seem to notice I had been gone for too long. Very scary, but glad to know it happens and although it weird, seems normal

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  115. This has happened to me yesterday. I was out enjoying a day out with my family at a theme park when I hit my elbow on one of the fences waiting for one of the rides. My arm went into server pins and needles my whole body went faint my hearing went out I blacked out for a while until I regained some conscious and someone in the line gave me some water. It was the worst experience and very scary.

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  116. I was in 6th grade the first time this happened to me. My teacher told me to stop goofing off and I guess I didn't,she hit me with a wooden paddle on my ankle bone. I immediately felt dizzy and my ankle started tingling.I laid my head down on the desk and next thing I knew,the teacher was picking me up and she dragged me to the nurse and said "she fell out of her chair". My twin sister was in my class and said I went into convulsions .
    It happened in a car while on vacation. I hit my elbow on the door armrest so hard that I got dizzy, I leaned forward with head down, and next thing I knew,my husband who was driving ,was rubbing my back trying to wake me up. I have always knew it was from me,not being able to handle that much pain. I know it has happened many more times. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

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  117. Thanks for making me aware!
    My mother has had this a lot of times and that scared me since I thought she has weak bones and a little stroke gave her dizziness, but since so many people experience the same problem, I'll definitely tell her to relax and make sure she bends down the moment it happens to her again in future.
    Thankyou

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  118. I have had this happen many times, but yesterday was the worst. I hit my elbow, felt the black out sensations coming on and leaned back in the chair I hit my elbow on. I don't know how long I was out for, but I woke up to my husband in front of me with his hands on my face trying to gently arose me. I started sweating profusely and felt headachy. My husband aaid I had stiffened up like I was having a seizure. I drank some water and had a some red apple because I felt like my body needed water and sugar. That was a big mistake. When I got up several minutes later to go lie down in the bedroom to recover I was violently ill. I didn't feel well for the rest of the day. My mother who we were visiting at the time says it was all the shock my body went through after hitting my funny bone. I have never had that bad of a reaction to hitting my funny bone before. I have my husband quite a scare and we cut our visit short. I will be more careful with my elbow in the future and not eat an apple afterwards. Thank you for this blog. I think it will give my husband some peace of mind.

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  119. Friday morning spun in my chair and hit my funny bone extremely hard the pain slowly subsided and I began to feel light headed tried to get up and the next thing I know I woke up on the floor. This happened to me at work so the paramedics were called and I visited the hospital to learn all about Vasovagal response. I have an appointment to see my GP and discuss. Just wanted to say thanks for this board definitely made me feel better that I am not alone.

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  120. This happened to my 10 year old son this week....we were called by his school to say that he had collapsed and hit his head. When we got there he was lying on the floor, grey, vomiting and sweating with intense pain in his head and a huge egg on the back of it.
    He was taken by ambulance straight to the resus dept at our local hospital where he kept vomiting and was sleepy and had a pounding headache. He had a CT scan which was clear.
    He couldn't remember at the time what he had done and other students said that he had been sitting on a table and "just went", falling off and hitting the back of his head.
    I was puzzled as to what he might have done and did some googling and found this forum and now I have my answer.....
    He says he now remembers hitting the back of his knee and then feeling tingly......he has a bad case of concussion from hitting his head and now we are more aware of knees and elbows....
    Thanks for sharing your stories.....you have put my mind at rest!

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  121. Hi people. I too had a similar experience today at office . struck hard at knee and passed out sitting in chair itself.
    even though i recovered conscious in 1 or 2 minutes, i was feeling unwell still till night. scary experience

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  122. Just had my hit, i was worried 😓. Thank u for sharing.

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  123. Just had my hit, i was worried 😓. Thank u for sharing.

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  124. "The vagus nerve is the largest, longest nerve in the body. It begins in the brain stem and travels to the lower body, supplying most of your organs along the way. 

    When this nerve is stimulated, your heartbeat slows down and your blood pressure drops, causing a greatly decreased flow of blood. This can cause dizziness, sweatiness, nausea, vomiting, and even vocal outbursts like yours. 

    I am often a vasovagal fainter when getting blood drawn, so I know the sensation. 

    One of my students once fainted while we were making hospital beds in our nursing lab. She said she started thinking about "blood and stuff" and down she went. Even strong emotions can trigger fainting. 

    The vasovagal response is actually intended to save your life--instead of just a sharp bump on the arm, you might have had serious injury and been bleeding badly. Therefore your body shut itself down until it could be determined you weren't bleeding to death. It's an exaggerated response, but a primitive and an important one."

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  125. I now know exactly what this is thanks to Wiki and your forum of "stories". I am 43 and now have hit my funny bone hard about 6 or 7 times in my life. Before last night I had managed to faint only one time, i believe, as I figured out that I needed to get to the ground and get my feet above my head as soon as I feel the blackening and the ringing in my ears. Last night I was playing in a band at a bar and hit my funny bone hard on a metal railing while sitting next to some band members. I knew I was sort of in trouble trying to cope with the oncoming effects, but being in an extremely public place, I tried to put my head in my hands and work towards fighting off the need to faint. I didn't want to make a small scene by suddenly laying down on the floor. So, after 30-45 seconds and realizing it wasn't going to work, I got up from my chair to make my way (hopefully) to a break room to lay down. (I was told) I took 2 steps and dropped on the concrete like as if I had a heart attack or something extremely serious. The bad thing and the reason I am writing this is that no one around knew what had happened and I woke up (i was told) about 5 minutes later extremely out of it with me SITTING UP trying to regain my consciousness. I'm guessing if I was able to stay laying down, I would have come back much quicker and better. BUT, no one around knew what had happened to cause this and rightly so assumed the worst. So, I ended up in the ER getting stitches and several expensive tests because I failed to immediately lay down out of potential embarrassment. Now that I do know exactly what is happening I will lay down right away no matter where I am, and prevent what we all went through last night. Thanks to Jay for helping out on bass guitar the rest of the night and to Karen for bringing me back:)

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    1. Hi Troy. I am so glad you found this site and I appreciate you telling us your story. I am sorry to hear about your latest incident but happy to hear you are okay. It will definitely be awkward, but laying down on the ground is the safest for everyone. Maybe it's best, if there is time, to tell the person next to you you hit your elbow and you are going to faint so you are going to lay down. Good luck!

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  126. I experienced this earlier today when I slipped and fell down a rocky hillside. All the impact was on my elbow hitting a jagged rock which stopped my fall. I experienced that "funny bone" feeling until it just sort of maxed out and my whole arm went numb. I tried getting up really slowly but as soon as I was on my feet everything went bright and I could hardly see. I could tell I was in tremendous pain but I was starting to feel too lightheaded to think and I collapsed. One of my good friends was withe me and started carrying me and was talking to me but everything sounded muffled and I couldn't make out anything. I got really worried when my hearing was affected as I've never had this happen before, I was trying to figure out how on earth I was feeling so ridiculously out of it without hitting my head at all. I was going pale all over and cold in my arm and I couldn't move it at all, I was also sweating like crazy. Freaky stuff at the time, but I'm relieved to see its just the brain being a drama queen.

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  127. Weirdly enough, I've had this happen to me as well. However, it wasn't from hitting my elbow at all.

    It was about I would say 2011 or early 2012 when I was in my PE class in high school. I was a freshman so as one would expect, we were being stupid kids. We were lined up in our wrestling room where we were supposed to hit this matted decoy in a certain way since the lesson that day was self defense. Some other kids in line were punching the matted wall for whatever reason. As I went to punch a different part of the wall with full force, I managed to hit what I assumed was the support beam, the very corner of the support beam. As you would guess, the pain was tremendous and the pain in my hand lasted for what I remember being 2 weeks. After what I recall as 2 minutes after, I start to lose a lot of my hearing and about another minute my own vision. I remember losing consciousness as I was standing for a second, though as I gained it back, I saw myself falling into the back of one kid and then face first into the floor mat (lucky that there was a floor mat). I guess I lost consciousnesses again after I fell though I was told that I got up right after falling. Honestly thought I was going to die that day. Though when something like that has never happened before and you're that young of course you get scared of that.

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  128. It just happened to me and I immediatly started googling what caused it, and I'm glad I can blame it on my low blood pressure. At least that's one worry to cross off the list :)
    I was tying my hair as I made it into my bathroom, but because my elbows were up I hit one of the to the door post and just started feeling unwell. In my head I rewinded if I had enough to drink today and I did, but next thing I knew I was lying flat faced to the bathroom floor! Glad I didn't hit my face because my elbow is slightly swollen now too (2 hours later)..

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  129. For me, this has happened throughout my life. It started when I was 5 but happily hasn't happened since I was 25. I hit my funny bone and the next thing I know, I'm waking up on the ground. Afterward, for hours, I feel like I'm in a dream like state. Once when it happened, an ambulance was called and the EMT forced me to go to the hospital. I was so angry. They kept calling me a hypoglycemic. As it turns out, I was hypoglycemic. At any rate, I'm fine now, and it hasn't happened in years. I find it helpful to massage my arm after a hit, and I haven't lost consciousness in years. I am glad to know I'm not alone.

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  130. This just happened to me today. I was showering and hit my elbow on the shower knob. I immediately became nauseous and got tunnel vision. I got out and sat on the bathroom floor until it passed (about 10 minutes). I felt like I was right on the edge of blacking out/fainting but somehow stopped myself. Super scary!

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  131. At my job, i get in and out of trucks alot, and instead of climbing down facing the truck, i face out and jump after the first step. Sure enough i cracked my elbow half way down, looked at my co-worker and said "funny bone is not so funnyfjvdgh" and down i went from standing upright to the hard pavement. He said my eyes rolled back into my head and my head bounced on the pavement. Woke up 2 seconds later not knowing what happened and very confused. Then i worked 11 more hours! Ha!

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  132. I went on a last minute trip with my partner to New York to visit his family about two weeks ago. We drove from Chicago to New York, a full thirteen hours straight in a car. I did not eat at all the first day of the trip, not one bite. The next morning, I was in pain from how hungry and empty I felt, so I decided to make a sandwich. Reaching too quickly to close a cabinet, I hit my elbow just hard enough to cause that "funny" feeling we're all too familiar with. Seeing that I just hurt myself, my boyfriend asked, "Can I get you anything?" I insisted no, no, I can handle making it myself. As I moved from one cabinet to the next, suddenly I felt the most overwhelming headache. I said aloud, "Woah, my head hurts so much..." Next thing I know, I'm surrounded by five or six adults, not knowing AT ALL what happened to me. My partner says he watched my eyes roll to the back of my head, and that I had what looked like a seizure. His mother, a registered, certified nurse practitioner was thankfully present when it all occurred and agreed that yes, it was most definitely a seizure. This has been the most terrifying experience of my life. The worst part is, I didn't even hit my funny bone THAT hard... To be honest, it hardly hurt... put still, it caused all of this. :( I am comforted to have found this though. It makes me worry less about deeper rooted issues causing it.

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  133. Hi, an hour ago i hit my elbow by chair head, unbelievable pain then I couldn't see anything but black, I came back in few seconds thinking that I was sleeping, now I have headache and my hand still in pain.
    To be honest I was scared as this a is my first time ever faint. But now reading ur experience makes me feel better
    that others have experienced the same earlier, and that there's nothing serious :-)

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  134. Hi, it just happened to me few minutes ago. I was on my way to the building where I work when I decided to take the short cut to the entrance. I bumped my knee hard and started feeling lightheaded and was panting inside the lift. I knew I was going to pass out because I am sewing black. I walked slowly, evened my breathing and closed my eyes while still conscious so I can open the office and rest on my desk. It was really close for me to faint.

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  135. So glad to have found this thread. My husband fell down some steep stairs and his elbows took the brunt of fall. I was right in front of him, he kinda fell into me. He said I think I dislocated my shoulder... and then went limp. Eyes looking straight at me and then they started to roll back (I'm yelling his name and asking if he can hear me) then all of a sudden he came too. He said he felt like he could hear me but just couldn't respond. His shoulder is extremely sore so ice, ice, ice and doctors tomorrow. Thanks again, I don't feel as worried.

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