tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post5200470345681654720..comments2023-07-13T01:55:57.905-07:00Comments on Struck a Nerve - Passed Out, Fainted or Got Sick After Hitting Funny Bone Elbow: I Fainted After I Hit My Elbow; My Son and Daughter Did the Same Thing, TooUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-54361096706171647372017-08-29T19:44:53.655-07:002017-08-29T19:44:53.655-07:00So glad to have found this thread. My husband fel...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. TurtlePowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952669520713923263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-40642174701340901412017-08-05T22:00:49.857-07:002017-08-05T22:00:49.857-07:00Hi, it just happened to me few minutes ago. I was ...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.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02863155201700551437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-77784763156727182422017-07-29T02:39:58.843-07:002017-07-29T02:39:58.843-07:00Hi, an hour ago i hit my elbow by chair head, unbe...<br />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.<br />To be honest I was scared as this a is my first time ever faint. But now reading ur experience makes me feel better<br />that others have experienced the same earlier, and that there's nothing serious :-)Hanoufnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-18385428454826251432017-07-07T13:17:46.050-07:002017-07-07T13:17:46.050-07:00I went on a last minute trip with my partner to Ne...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. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-13133745608854179312017-06-13T08:38:16.947-07:002017-06-13T08:38:16.947-07:00At my job, i get in and out of trucks alot, and in...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!Jeremynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-87035511805154619852017-04-14T10:00:11.670-07:002017-04-14T10:00:11.670-07:00This just happened to me today. I was showering an...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!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497263721483691109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-112039681375955572017-04-03T23:16:35.035-07:002017-04-03T23:16:35.035-07:00For me, this has happened throughout my life. It ...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.DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476193679598815418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-66892820619987701522017-03-13T09:20:39.494-07:002017-03-13T09:20:39.494-07:00It just happened to me and I immediatly started go...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 :)<br />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)..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-77887667592599769792017-02-10T19:40:57.249-08:002017-02-10T19:40:57.249-08:00Weirdly enough, I've had this happen to me as ...Weirdly enough, I've had this happen to me as well. However, it wasn't from hitting my elbow at all.<br /><br />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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-42784552062543482842016-11-20T09:17:23.218-08:002016-11-20T09:17:23.218-08:00this happened to me yesterday and ive fainted befo...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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-86809095735283290482016-10-01T14:53:45.056-07:002016-10-01T14:53:45.056-07:00I experienced this earlier today when I slipped an...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.Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-83008350465177101552016-08-14T15:36:32.210-07:002016-08-14T15:36:32.210-07:00Hi Troy. I am so glad you found this site and I ap...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!Angela G. Gentilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588681377180649637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-66506852150525064082016-08-14T15:07:55.500-07:002016-08-14T15:07:55.500-07:00I now know exactly what this is thanks to Wiki and...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:)Troy Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-48764283593671454052016-07-16T23:32:38.359-07:002016-07-16T23:32:38.359-07:00"The vagus nerve is the largest, longest nerv..."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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />I am often a vasovagal fainter when getting blood drawn, so I know the sensation. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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."<br />jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034041350562208185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-90500819632081260262016-05-26T06:23:50.620-07:002016-05-26T06:23:50.620-07:00Just had my hit, i was worried 😓. Thank u for sh...Just had my hit, i was worried 😓. Thank u for sharing. Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788358777961140532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-86116067254746818552016-05-26T06:10:55.653-07:002016-05-26T06:10:55.653-07:00Just had my hit, i was worried 😓. Thank u for sh...Just had my hit, i was worried 😓. Thank u for sharing. Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788358777961140532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-43677544712624196322016-03-29T10:10:55.636-07:002016-03-29T10:10:55.636-07:00Hi people. I too had a similar experience today at...Hi people. I too had a similar experience today at office . struck hard at knee and passed out sitting in chair itself.<br />even though i recovered conscious in 1 or 2 minutes, i was feeling unwell still till night. scary experienceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-62459833788520974712016-03-19T13:16:03.253-07:002016-03-19T13:16:03.253-07:00This happened to my 10 year old son this week....w...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. <br />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.<br />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.<br />I was puzzled as to what he might have done and did some googling and found this forum and now I have my answer.....<br />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....<br />Thanks for sharing your stories.....you have put my mind at rest!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641493787061081524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-30190854372643836302016-03-14T06:11:47.508-07:002016-03-14T06:11:47.508-07:00Friday morning spun in my chair and hit my funny b...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.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938698667285126647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-11932460984286833202016-02-15T07:55:55.363-08:002016-02-15T07:55:55.363-08:00I have had this happen many times, but yesterday w...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.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03051813024127603146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-31627631159241013932016-01-08T08:17:50.238-08:002016-01-08T08:17:50.238-08:00Thanks for making me aware!
My mother has had this...Thanks for making me aware!<br />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.<br />ThankyouParas Jainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-23960805345243043852015-12-29T22:04:40.775-08:002015-12-29T22:04:40.775-08:00I was in 6th grade the first time this happened to...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 . <br /> 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.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088648053145136544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-14370555106680297612015-12-29T12:37:03.981-08:002015-12-29T12:37:03.981-08:00This has happened to me yesterday. I was out enjoy...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. dannighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929595539135813034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-28147975978636217362015-12-15T16:15:44.474-08:002015-12-15T16:15:44.474-08:00Today I needed to reach something in a high cabine...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 Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308587753637237587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371813061461327989.post-63312812852569685832015-11-25T21:32:36.211-08:002015-11-25T21:32:36.211-08:00This just happened to me AGAIN at work today. This...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. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707392679481715565noreply@blogger.com