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Of these syncopal patients, 35 were male and 17 were female. Their mean age was 45 years (with a range of 11 to 72 years). All patients were in an upright position when needle fainting occurred. Their usual manifestations were pallor, cold sweating, nausea, and bradycardia. They all recovered soon after lying down; no one developed a complete loss of consciousness. No mortality was noted. When comparing the patients who experienced syncope during their first visit to our Clinic (Group I, n=27) with the patients who experienced syncope in a follow-up treatment (Group II, n=25; 3 patients had 2 episodes in sequential treatments), we found a significantly higher incidence of needle fainting (p&lt; 0.0001) in Group I patients (27 out of 2,855 or 0.94%) than in Group II patients (28 out of 25,430 or 0.11%). The mean age of Group I patients (39 \u00b1 15.4 years) was significantly less than that of Group II patients (51.6 \u00b1 18.0 years) (p&lt;0.001). 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