Abnormal Heart Rhythm

Syncope

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Treatment

Because there are various reasons for syncope, the treatment for your child's syncope depends on the cause. Syncope may be caused by very fast heart rhythms -- tachycardias -- such as in supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) or ventricular tachycardia (VT). In other cases, syncope may be caused by very slow heart rhythms -- bradycardias -- such as in sinus node dysfunction or heart block.

If your child's syncope is due to a blood pressure problem, medications, extra fluid intake and salt may be recommended.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Last updated May 8, 2007