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everything turns black
I have a 7 year old daughter she seems healthy but recently I noticed that at anytime or place she suddenly doses off I asked her about it and she said everything turns black and recently she was carrying my 11 month old and had a blackout and let go of her and droped her she didn\'t realize it until she came back she also was serving herself some milk and had a blackout and emptyed the whole gallon her blackouts last about 30 seconds and are occuring more frequently what can i do
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