lose consciousness

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Children with the condition suffer severe epilepsy, including seizures which can cause them to lose consciousness.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The two carotid arteries carry 70% of the brain’s blood flow; block them, and a person can quickly lose consciousness.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

A person can lose consciousness, have seizures, collapse, vomit, and fall into a coma.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2025

Both offer a critique of bedside manner; patients that, seemingly fine, suddenly lose consciousness; red herrings, dead ends and wrong trees to bark up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Try the sports deck for meditation tomorrow morning before breakfast but do not lose consciousness.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger