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What Causes Dizzniness And Weakness After Eating?
Question: Hey, my mom develop for the last 6 days a dizziness and a feel of weakness after eating. It is go if she lays down but I want to now what you believe is this. She is 83 ,take enforge for HBP and metropol for her pulse because was a little rapid, head of surgery for replacement of aorta valve and has pacemaker and she develop years ago IBS. Thank you for your time. We has a consultation for BPPV because she had a history of this and is OK.
Brief Answer:
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I suggest you to proceed with BPPV testing by the doctor. The doctor will do some head movements at neck on the edge of the table to determine if these symptoms are due to BPPV. This is very common at this age group. It is also good to record pulse, blood pressure, blood sugar while she complains of symptoms. It might be that she is getting up suddenly from the dinner chairs that leads hampers the blood supply to the brain and thus cause dizziness.
There are other age related degeneration that happen in the arteries that supply the brain. If the blood insufficiency to brain hampers then they complaint similar symptoms. In such case only meticulous care is sufficient and no medications are required to lead normal life.
Hope this helps.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I suggest you to proceed with BPPV testing by the doctor. The doctor will do some head movements at neck on the edge of the table to determine if these symptoms are due to BPPV. This is very common at this age group. It is also good to record pulse, blood pressure, blood sugar while she complains of symptoms. It might be that she is getting up suddenly from the dinner chairs that leads hampers the blood supply to the brain and thus cause dizziness.
There are other age related degeneration that happen in the arteries that supply the brain. If the blood insufficiency to brain hampers then they complaint similar symptoms. In such case only meticulous care is sufficient and no medications are required to lead normal life.
Hope this helps.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Aparna Kohli
What means meticulous care in case of age related degeneration in the arteries that supplant the brain? Thank you
Brief Answer:
Make sure not too much of fluctuations in BP
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
There should not be huge fluctuations of the blood pressure and heart rate.
One needs to get up slowly while standing. One needs to turn the head slowly. One to get up slowly from the bed in the morning.
Daily and regular dosage of medications be it blood pressure, medications for dizziness.
Make sure not too much of fluctuations in BP
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
There should not be huge fluctuations of the blood pressure and heart rate.
One needs to get up slowly while standing. One needs to turn the head slowly. One to get up slowly from the bed in the morning.
Daily and regular dosage of medications be it blood pressure, medications for dizziness.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Aparna Kohli
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