I had an Experience today, and learned a Lesson.
Donated blood.
Had big nice Chinese lunch (may or may not be relevant)
Biked home
Took a Long Hot Bath
Felt light headed, like you do after Long Hot Bath
Slight flooding when draining, oh well, let's use that water to scrub the floor tiles quickly
Sweating (of course, L.H.B), light headed, put my head down to recover
Tub and tub walls also dirty, eh, the cleaning detergent and cloth are right there. Quick wipe down.
Lots of sweating and v light headed.
Sit on low foot stool to recover. Deep breaths. No better. Still sweating and dizzy
Upset tummy, sit on toilet. Wiping is weirdly exhausting! Made noise. Partner shows up.
Then! Faint sitting up, twitching and vomiting while unconscious. Not great! But only for a few seconds. Partner held me up, I almost fell off...
Come to, rest a little, still sitting on toilet
Shower off sweat etc, and go to bed.
Lessons learned:
If you feel bad, stop and lie down. Pay attention to the body! (I think I also got stupid from low blood pressure, and didn't realise how bad it was)
Donating blood may make you light headed (who knew, right?)
Long Hot Bath will *also* make you light headed.
3 and 4 are a bad combo. Sweating a lot doesn't help.
I felt better fairly fast after a cooler shower and drinking water.
I did call the health advice line, they recommended going to the ER, but when there they weren't worried. Blood pressure was significantly lower than usual, but in normal range, maybe since this was 3 h after the Event and I had rested and recovered.
Tl;dr
Bloodletting, hot bath, and cleaning do NOT go together. You may faint and have a little bonus seizure. Avoid if possible.










