The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing
BackgroundVasovagal reactions are common amongst patients with a fear of needles receiving injections or during venipuncture, but they are rarely studied in healthy people undergoing earlobe piercing. The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the incidence and the features of vasovagal r...
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| author | Zi-ao Xie Kai-li Zhang Fang Han Meng-yao Tang Jue-wei Chen Guang-peng Liu |
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| description | BackgroundVasovagal reactions are common amongst patients with a fear of needles receiving injections or during venipuncture, but they are rarely studied in healthy people undergoing earlobe piercing. The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the incidence and the features of vasovagal reactions observed during earlobe piercing.MethodsThousand eight hundred and sixty six participants aged older than 13 years had their earlobes pierced in our department from January 2020 to January 2022. When vasovagal reactions occurred during the procedure (e.g., dizziness, pallor, diaphoresis, and faintness, etc.), they were recorded and more detailed demographic information was collected.ResultsA total of 196 cases of vasovagal reactions were reported in females amongst 1,866 participants, including 58 who actually lost consciousness during earlobe piercing. The incidence of vasovagal reactions and vasovagal syncope was 10.5 and 3.11% respectively. All syncopal reactions occurred in persons younger than 30 years.ConclusionVasovagal syncope is often very sudden and occurs without warning. Practitioners need to be familiar with these reactions, and prevent people from an unpredictable fall and subsequent injury during ear piercing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07c0e5ee413541ddb8aa36100b0ad2672023-01-20T05:32:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2023-01-011010.3389/fmed.2023.11030711103071The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercingZi-ao XieKai-li ZhangFang HanMeng-yao TangJue-wei ChenGuang-peng LiuBackgroundVasovagal reactions are common amongst patients with a fear of needles receiving injections or during venipuncture, but they are rarely studied in healthy people undergoing earlobe piercing. The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the incidence and the features of vasovagal reactions observed during earlobe piercing.MethodsThousand eight hundred and sixty six participants aged older than 13 years had their earlobes pierced in our department from January 2020 to January 2022. When vasovagal reactions occurred during the procedure (e.g., dizziness, pallor, diaphoresis, and faintness, etc.), they were recorded and more detailed demographic information was collected.ResultsA total of 196 cases of vasovagal reactions were reported in females amongst 1,866 participants, including 58 who actually lost consciousness during earlobe piercing. The incidence of vasovagal reactions and vasovagal syncope was 10.5 and 3.11% respectively. All syncopal reactions occurred in persons younger than 30 years.ConclusionVasovagal syncope is often very sudden and occurs without warning. Practitioners need to be familiar with these reactions, and prevent people from an unpredictable fall and subsequent injury during ear piercing.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1103071/fullear piercingvasovagal reactionsyncopeblood-injection-injuryyoung women |
| spellingShingle | Zi-ao Xie Kai-li Zhang Fang Han Meng-yao Tang Jue-wei Chen Guang-peng Liu The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing Frontiers in Medicine ear piercing vasovagal reaction syncope blood-injection-injury young women |
| title | The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing |
| title_full | The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing |
| title_fullStr | The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing |
| title_full_unstemmed | The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing |
| title_short | The incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing |
| title_sort | incidence of vasovagal reactions during earlobe piercing |
| topic | ear piercing vasovagal reaction syncope blood-injection-injury young women |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1103071/full |
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