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How To Treat Dizziness In Children?
My son is 12 and have been having dizziness for about a week. Went to dr yesterday did blood work and it came back normal dr says virus of some sort give it a week and then if still dizzy do a stress test. Any other reasons that you can give or solutions to help him feel better?
Mon, 23 Nov 2015
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Acute dizziness can be due to viral infection. The bloods may have checked for other possible causes such as electrolyte disturbance , dehydration or anemia.
The stress test would be to check the heart if the symptoms continue to rule this out as a cause.
If his symptoms are related to the inner ear condition BPPV, then doing the Epley maneuver would help.
There are also medications such as benadryl , that may be able to help.
I hope this helps
Acute dizziness can be due to viral infection. The bloods may have checked for other possible causes such as electrolyte disturbance , dehydration or anemia.
The stress test would be to check the heart if the symptoms continue to rule this out as a cause.
If his symptoms are related to the inner ear condition BPPV, then doing the Epley maneuver would help.
There are also medications such as benadryl , that may be able to help.
I hope this helps
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