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15 Y/O male.
BP 117/68. The patient is complaining of pressure in the central part of the head. He also feels light-headed and really dizzy. Whenever he stands up, he loses his vision for a few seconds. He mentioned that he had a syncopal episode previously but nothing after that. He describes numbness and tingles on the bottom of his foot and the tips of his feet. He also mentioned he had trouble sleeping at night for the past three days.

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