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Hair-grooming syncope

Type of fainting disorder

Type of fainting disorder

Hair-grooming syncope (also known as hair-combing syncope) is a form of syncope (a fainting disorder) associated with combing and brushing one's hair. It is most typically seen in children aged five to sixteen.

Hair-grooming syncope typically manifests as presyncopal symptoms during hair combing, brushing, braiding, trimming, curling or blow drying. A 2009 study identified 111 pediatric cases of hair-grooming syncope in the United States, almost three-quarters of which were in female patients; that study found that the condition is most associated with hair cutting in males and brushing in females.

Hair-grooming syncope may be misdiagnosed as epilepsy, but is better described as a "paroxysmal non-epileptic event". It may also be related to orthostatic hypotension. The condition is not associated with heart abnormalities.

References

References

  1. (1993). "Hair-grooming syncope seizures". Pediatrics.
  2. Evans, W. N.. (1 July 2009). "Hair-Grooming Syncope in Children". Clinical Pediatrics.
  3. Riviello, James J.. (1993). "Hair-braiding and combing-induced syncope: A paroxysmal nonepileptic event". Journal of Epilepsy.
  4. Igarashi, Masanori. (1988). "Syncope associated with hair-grooming". Brain and Development.
  5. (March 2010). "Fainting by Follicle". Pediatrics for Parents.
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