2 years ago I was diagnosed with Cough syncope after violent coughing and passing out with my body shaking. DVLA took both my car and HGV licences off me, today DVLA issued my licences back after i met their new required medical criteria, i lost 3 stone in weight, running and cycling every day I'm now running 5k and 10k events and just run 13 miles without stopping, also changed my nutrition habits and healthy eating.

This video answered my question really well. I have an allergic type of bronchiectasis, so I cough a lot sometimes. I had syncope twice this year. The first time, I hit the bathroom floor so hard that I got three open wounds on my face. Now, I need to be more cautious when driving with a cough. Last night, I had my second episode. I was casually talking to my wife before sleep when a coughing fit led to syncope. I remember feeling a click in my left artery, which reminded me of the first time in the bathroom. I called for my wife's help, and the last thing I heard was her asking, "What's wrong?" before I passed out. About 1-2 minutes later, I regained consciousness and told my wife what happened. She said, "Really? Because you wouldn't stop coughing..." So, I think my coughing didn't stop even when my heart restarted. It was a scary experience, and I can't stop thinking about the risks when I'm riding or driving. Thanks for sharing this years ago. Surely, this video has helped people with their worries, like me.

Thank u for all the comments...iv been going through this for a while now ....i need to go see the doctor

Happened to me this year while driving. Totalled my car. Thank God im alive.

Nice explanation! Took me nine years to find out what was going on. This is cough syncope (SEEN-KohPee). What's weird about this rare syndrome is that, for me, you are usually totally concious and aware (like riding as a passenger in the back of your brain) but you can't do a damn thing to stop it. I also don't always quite pass out, so most people don't even notice, think I inhaled saliva OR that I'm faking something. I often get these weird trembles and inability to control my eyes, fingers or neck, whereas others pass out at that point. If you haven't hurt yourself falling over, you usually recover within a minute as though nothing had happened. At best, it's annoying as hell. Scares the shit out of me when driving, though! Will I be able to pull over in time...?!! Often MISDIAGNOSED as epilepsy. Cause is that usually the violent coughing fit creates over inflation of lungs. There is only such much room in the chest cavity. Thus, the repeated inhalations to cough squeezes the heart, emptying it if blood, which then stops adequate blood flow to the brain. Treatment is dealing with whatever causes the cough. Thus, I don't laugh as much as I used to because that alone will set it off. Eating something spicy (that first bite) or inhaling bleach fumes are also guarantees to cough (for me). TIP: I've found that, rather than turn away or try to leave out of embarrassment or to be polite anymore, as this gentleman did, just take that split second before you lose control (you'll know it) to push back into your seat so you just slump over or down. It's safer and easier on you AND those concerned there with you.

I have Bronchiectasis ( recently Diagnosed) so this answered a lot of my questions.

My husband started coughing. His face turned violently red. It appears like he is sucking in, inhaling as he coughs. His eyes go blank and he doesn’t /can’t respond to my yelling. It almost makes me thinks he’s choking to death . Then just as quick he pops out of. Acknowledges me and thinks I’m crazy. I don’t think he realizes how unresponsive he is. It only happens sometimes and i don’t even know how to explain it to a doctor. Could this be what he is doing?

This happened to me in September 2023. Except I was involved in a crash. It was in my own neighborhood, not a highway thankfully. I had a coughing fit, fainted, crossed lanes and hit a parked pickup. The owner was working on it and came very close to being hit by me. It was barely ten seconds between coughing, passing out, crashing and waking up to find I had crashes. I had my license suspended pending multiple tests and it was severe pneumonia that was the suspected cause of the cough. Very scary.

Thank you brotha for your video made me understand it more ya just woke up on ground with like seizure

i had been dealing with this when smoking high potency weed. I was very over weight at the time, my healthy weight range is up to like 165/170 lbs. I weighed over 200 lbs but when i started eating better and lost 30 lbs the issue disappeared for me

This happened to me yesterday, 02/22/2023. His explanation makes sense. This was really scary for me because I was driving when it happened. It could gave turned out really bad if I had crossed over to on coming traffic. How it happened. I had a little acid reflux and I quickly reacted to stop it. It iritated my throat just like when you drinking something and thr liquid goes into the wrong opening. You start coughing, right? It wasn't a cough like having a severe cold. It was like this guy said related to lungs. I coughed about three or four tines and I started to phase out. My eyes were open and a white curtain cloud started coming down. I could feel what was happening but there was nothing I could do. This white curtain stopped then went back up. It really freaked me out because I was driving. I could have caused an accident. I could have maybe killed someone. I don't know why I didn't pull over and stopped afterward. I didn't know what just happened. I was scared. Later at a traffic Iight I googled " coughing and blacking out". This ailment was the first thing that appeared. The definition was exactly what I justvwent through. I was relieved. I thought it was COVID-19 related. I contracted a really bad case of COVID-19 back in 2020. Anyway I think the way I was sitting in the car with tight seat belt and then having acid reflux was the right combination to make this syncope happen. The way this guy describes it is spot on with my situation. Diet is another to consider.

My Dad had 3 episodes i last few years, in the recent one it got a bit escalated in which, he started coughing it was kinda aggressive cough and by the time my mum reached towards him to check on him/offer water he fell on his bed, his eyes turned blood red, his eye balls were pointing in some random direction, he was totally unresponsive and his body started jerking all his body hands legs everything were shaking! It looked like he’s having a Seizure, it lasted for upon 10 secs not more than than! After that he immediately went normal and and in next 1-2 secs he was like “what had happened to me?”. Doctors said it might have looked like a seizure but it most likely was cough syncope. Anyone reading this please provide with whatever opinion you have if you know anything about these kind of episodes.

I had an episode of coughing syncope. I've read some of the comments. What were you doing when the coughing started? The common denominator is coughing? What else were you doing? Maybe we can help each other out in what to try to avoid. What caused the coughing? Were you sitting? How were you sitting? I've had pneumonia, flu, cold, COVID-19 , and allergies, so I have coughed harder than when I coughed right before my episode. What was different?

This happened to me and shook me up bad. I was sat on the chair at home drinking coffee which went down the wrong way. I immediately had a violent coughing fit. Coughing up the coffee. In panic I jumped up to run to the kitchen sink and I don’t remember anything else. I woke up a few seconds later in blood. I’d smashed my face on on the floor. Nose and eye was bad. My wife found me on the floor and thought I was dead. Fortunately hasn’t happened again. I’m going to get my heart checked out after Covid has settled down. I’m convinced it was the violent cough that caused it though.

This happened to me when I was donating plasma. Thankfully I didn't pass out but I wonder how much it stressed out my heart

This helps

My problem was caused by black mold in my apartment in Renton Washington

I have it for years now .i fainted 13 times on my worst day. I cough every day .i have asthma. But i have it most while eating or drinking something .now the doctors are looking of its not my hart.

I've had a chest infection for 3 weeks and this has started happening to me, it's terrifying.

Interesting

this is happening to my dad, he just recently had heart sugery triple bypass. now when he coughs violently he loses all his breathe and passes out for 2-5 seconds. help???

this happened to me last night

I still don't think i have this but don't know what it is really, when i smoke weed once in a while i cough real bad everything goes blurry then dark, i find myself on the floor having fell out of my chair. When it happens i can't feel anything or see, i am pretty much unconscious.

Medication is like $3 per day and insurance refuses to cover it. I’ve fainted many times and at points felt like I was going to die. At one point I fainted and couldn’t breath, had to get my wife to call an ambulance.

I just had this happen to me today while coughing out some acid reflux and ran to the sink to spit it out and started falling down and had trouble getting up but lost a bit energy and consciousness. Scary

I think this is what I have but I haven't passed out from it yet. I had it once probably 25 years ago with a bad case of bronchitis. I got Covid last Saturday and among all the symptoms is a violent cough. When I start to cough and inhale it won't stop. I can't exhale for a good 6 or 7 seconds and I'm still trying to cough. I've hurt my back doing it and had one attack so bad that it feels like I pulled a muscle in my forehead around my eyebrows. A couple of times I started seeing stars like I was going to pass out. Very hard to deal with.

Im currently pregnant and been having cough past 10 days and i noticed today that i get dizzy every time i cough. I also have leaky heart valves and i hope its nothing serious 😢

Will Gabapentin improve it?

i had this when i had a chest infection fell on floor hurt my knee

Happened to me today. I almost passed out.

Hello, doctor, it could also be chronic refractory cough, which is neurogenic. This is rare but real. Dr. Peter Dicpinigaitis at Montefiore in NYC is the top expert on this condition, and he also wrote a med lit review on cough syncope

Happened to me few days ago

Due to my post nasal drip This is what I go threw when I just randomly cough I blacked out and woke up on the ground and dont remember how lol. Damn

I almost lose consciousness when i cough. Im diagnosed with vasovagal syncope and systolic heart failure.

This happened to me yesterday they diagnosed me with phenomonia

for me weight had no issue, fat or slim it still happened 🥴🥴

can this also happen from.lauging

The specialist at my local hospital told me there is no cure for cough syncope, so I've lived with it for 9 years now.

That's not a cure. A simple cold can make you cough. How to stop passing out????