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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Laugh syncope as a rare sub-type of the situational syncopes: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Laugh syncope as a rare sub-type of the situational syncopes a case report Katsufumi Nishida1 Sean K Hirota2 and Jinichi Tokeshi 1 Address Department of Medicine John A Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii Honolulu HI USA and 2John A Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii Honolulu HI USA Email Katsufumi Nishida - knishida1026@ Sean K Hirota - skhirota@ Jinichi Tokeshi - Corresponding author Published 7 June 2008 Received 27 December 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 197 doi 1752-1947-2-197 Accepted 7 June 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 197 2008 Nishida et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Laughter is a good medicine it enhances cardiovascular health and the immune system. What happens however if a person laughs too much or the laughter becomes out of control Laughter-induced syncope is rare and likely goes unrecognized by many health care providers. It is thought to be another form of Valsalva-induced syncope. Case presentation We report the case of a 56-year-old moderately obese body mass index of 35 man with a past medical history of sleep apnea hypertension and hyperlipidemia who suffered from syncope secondary to intense laughter. The patient also had a history of syncope in the distant past when he collapsed on the floor for several seconds. Treadmill stress testing after the incident revealed no arrhythmia or ischemic disease although he complained of dizziness after the test and a sudden drop in blood pressure was noted. Conclusion Laughter-induced or gelastic syncope is extremely .

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