![]() If you feel dizzy and are on medication, consult your doctor, enumerating a full list of all medications you are taking, including supplements, herbal remedies and over-the-counter treatments. Blood pressure medications need to be closely monitored to make sure that your pressure has not climbed too high or fallen too low. Asandra says that blood pressure medication can often cause dizziness. “If you read the package insert of every prescription medication, dizziness is listed as a possible side effect,” Donnica Moore, M.D.ĭr. Or you may be given a diuretic to help reduce fluid in your body. Your doctor may prescribe motion sickness or anti-nausea medication,” Dr. ![]() Meniere’s Disease can’t be cured, but its symptoms can be managed. A flare up of the disease can last anywhere from 20 minutes to four hours at a time, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology. There is no known cause, but experts speculate it comes from an abnormal amount of fluid in the inner ear. You may also experience nausea and vomiting. “People say that their ear fills ‘full,’” says Dr. Sufferers experience dizziness or vertigo, but they also may notice a ringing in the ear (tinnitus), hearing loss, or a feeling of pressure or pain in the ear. People in their 40s and 50s are the ones most likely to develop this condition which is a disturbance of the inner ear. You can also try to follow up with some positioning exercises the doctor can show you that you do on your own. If head positioning doesn’t work, there are usually a few other options: anti-nausea medication can help, Dr. Your doctor may try some head positioning techniques, designed to realign little calcium carbonate crystals in your ears that are at the root of BPPV. If you experience a persistent problem with this type of dizziness, talk to your doctor. It’s also referred to as positional dizziness and may arise if you’ve slept with your head in a particular position. That’s because this type of dizziness is caused by age-related changes in your inner ear and is the culprit of half of all dizziness cases in people over 50, according to The Vestibular Disorders Association. “The older you get, the more likely you are to have vertigo,” says Dr. BPPV: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigoīenign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is a scary name for what is a common condition-the one where you get up out of bed and the room suddenly starts spinning. It should if dehydration or overheating are to blame. After you’ve had a drink and a little rest, see if the feeling passes. If you live alone, call a friend and ask him or her to check back on you in 15 minutes or so. ![]() But, she adds, be sure to tell someone you feel dizzy. Moore says you should lie down for a few minutes. If you are dehydrated or overheated, you may also be experiencing a drop in blood sugar, and the juice (which certainly won’t harm you) contains sugar and will lift your levels if your blood sugar is low. If you feel like the room is spinning, or that your head is spinning, you should have some water or, even better, orange juice (because it will give you a little sugar at the same time), and see if that makes you feel any better. If you’ve been in the heat, been on a long plane ride, done a lot of exercise, spent a cold winter’s day in an overheated house, or just forgotten to eat or drink all day because you’ve been so busy, you can feel dizzy. This is what Uber is for!” What causes dizziness? 1. “Dizziness can contribute to car accidents,” she says. The last thing you should do is drive yourself to the doctor. The first thing you should do if you feel dizzy is to sit or lie down. They break a hip, they have a head injury, or they break something else,” Dr. “I’ve been an emergency room doctor and I have seen many patients whose dizziness leads them to fall. In many cases, a little self-care can cure dizziness, but, adds Christopher Asandra, M.D., an anti-aging specialist and chief medical officer at NuMale, a national men’s health and wellness center with locations in eight cities around the country, you must take dizziness seriously, because even if it is not signaling a serious health condition, it can be the cause of dire health consequences. There are home remedies, but tread lightly ![]()
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