Your healthcare professional may suggest the following to help manage your risk of fainting:

• Wearing knee-high compression stockings.
• Exercising or moving your legs and feet before you get up from lying down.
• Sitting for a while with your legs touching the ground, and then getting up slowly from bed.
• Raising the head of your bed.
• Increasing your salt intake. 
• Avoiding alcohol and heavy meals that are loaded with carbohydrates.
• Lying down after meals. 
• Avoiding things that cause fainting, such as certain smells, tight collars, or rapid neck movements. 

Protecting Yourself and Others

Fainting can cause falls, so avoid climbing stairs or ladders, or walking on tile floors and other surfaces that increase falls. 

Giving up driving may be necessary.

Last Updated December 2022