Title: What causes blackouts? Symptoms, treatment, prevention, and more
Headings: What causes blackouts?
What causes blackouts?
What is a blackout?
Alcohol blackouts
Symptoms
Treatment
Syncope blackouts
Treatment
Diagnosis
Epilepsy blackouts
Symptoms
Treatment
Diagnosis
Can stress cause blackouts?
Treatment
Diagnosis
Can medication cause blackouts?
When to see a doctor
Summary

Content: However, a 2016 review
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observes that overconsuming alcohol may lead to alcohol-induced blackouts, which can, in some cases, be due to memory loss rather than a loss of consciousness. Other possible causes of blackouts include syncope, epilepsy, and stress. Alcohol blackouts
Two different kinds
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of blackouts can result from drinking alcohol: en bloc and fragmentary. When a person consumes a very large volume of alcohol, an en bloc blackout may occur. If this happens, they will not remember anything that they did while they were drinking. Fragmentary blackouts tend to affect only patches of memory, so a person may be able to piece together a memory on prompting. Symptoms
If someone has drunk too much alcohol, they may have the following symptoms of alcohol intoxication: becoming confused
difficulty staying awake, or not being able to wake up
clammy skin and low body temperature
slow heart rate
vomiting and seizures
Treatment
If a person is showing symptoms of severe alcohol intoxication, it is important to call the emergency services for treatment. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a very high blood-alcohol concentration may result in a person struggling to remain conscious.