AT CRUISE; ONBOARD DC10-10; PAX BECAME ILL; FLC MADE EMER LNDG FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. FLT THEN PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT TO FINAL DEST.

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PAX LOST CONSCIOUSNESS WHEN GETTING UP TO GO TO THE LAVATORY. HE COLLAPSED AGAINST THE DOOR AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS ROUGHLY 3-5 MINS. UPON RECEIVING OXYGEN; HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. PAX WAS DEPLANED IN PITTSBURGH AND FLT RESUMED TO LAX. LOOKING BACK HAD WE NOT DIVERTED IMMEDIATELY PAX MAY HAVE BEEN OK WITH OXYGEN. BUT WE STILL HAD ALMOST 5 HRS LEFT AND THERE WAS NO DOCTOR ONBOARD; AND WE HAD NO WAY OF DETERMINING WHAT CAUSED THE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. IT WAS SAFER TO LAND AND GET MEDICAL HELP. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 409553: PAX SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. PAX TURNED BLUE-GREY; EYES ROLLED BACK. GAVE HIM SUGAR AND WATER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 409268: I ASSISTED IN TRYING TO LOCATE A DOCTOR; NURSE ONBOARD. ALSO I MAINTAINED OVERALL CALM IN MAIN CABIN AS WE STOWED CARTS IN PREPARATION FOR DSCNT INTO PITTSBURGH. I FEEL THAT AN UNDERLYING CLIMATE OF TENSION; ANXIETY; APPREHENSION; INSENSITIVITY; FEAR OF ENCROACHMENT INTO ONE'S PERSONAL SPACE AS WELL AS SPACE FOR EXCESSIVE SIZE AND AMOUNT OF CARRY-ON BAGS CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME STRESS IN THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. CONSEQUENTLY; PAX ARE IN A STATE OF BECOMING PHYSICALLY ILL AS A RESULT. IT'S BEEN OUR CRY AS FLT ATTENDANTS THAT THOSE IN AUTH DO SOMETHING ABOUT CARRY-ON BAGS. IT WOULD BE A MAJOR INPUT IN THE REDUCTION OF STRESS. EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY BOARDING AND DEPLANING WOULD EASE AN ALREADY UNUSUAL SIT.