• Question: why do we faint?

    Asked by guineapigs&me to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 22 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Hayley Clissold

      Hayley Clissold answered on 22 Jun 2015:

      People faint because of a reduction in their blood pressure. Blood pressure may temporarily drop due to changes in the nervous and circulatory system, which means that less blood is able to reach the brain. If the blood supply to our brain is reduced, that’s when we faint.

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