Light-headedness is a common and often unpleasant sensation of dizziness and/or feeling that one may be about to faint , which may be transient, recurrent, or occasionally chronic . In some cases, the individual may feel as though his or her head is weightless. The individual may also feel as though the room is spinning or moving ( vertigo ). Most causes of dizziness are not serious and either cure themselves quickly or are easily treated. Keeping a sense of balance requires the brain to process a variety of information from the eyes , the nervous system , and the inner ears. However, if the brain can t process signals from all of these locations, if the messages are contradictory, or if the sensory systems aren t functioning properly, an individual may experience dizziness and loss of balance.
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What my heart felt like it was swallowing, like there was a clog in it and then the clog went through, after that I felt light headed and almost passed out.
i feel light headed and dizzy all the time. recently my urine is really strong but not real dark. i have bulging disk in my lower back and was wondering if maybe something was being cut off? was taking minoxidil and stopped for 2 months but...
numbness hi i woke up 2 hours ago and every since my lips hands and feet are numb and i feel light headed . I'm a 26yr old female . what's wrong with me?
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About 1 hour ago, I had an overwhelming feeling of nausea, light headedness, dizziness. I still feel it now along with chills and arm and leg aching. My lower back has been achy since Friday but worse today. ...
My friend complained of feeling anxious, dizzy, light-headed and slightly nauseated, and tightness in her neck, shoulders and chest area. As she was laying down, I observed her chest moving side to side. She is a very thin person, and this...
24 yr old 5' 1" 145 lbs bp always around 115/70
just finished 35 minutes on treadmill 2-3 minutes jog or run
both hands swelled and tingled
rt hand returned to normal in 1 hour
left hand still swollen 1 hour 50 min late
- in past in hot tob at...
I have been on and off for months getting light headed and dizzy and cant focus my eyes. Have had a MRI nothing came up. Can go for a week fine then have a bad day.
What can this be.
I am feeling very dizzy- it comes and goes. Last Monday my stomach was cramping a little. It made me feel nauseous and I really thought I just had too much coffee to drink. Then on Tuesday I went to work but started to feel clamy and light headed...
hi been feeling so light headed time to time and very tired around my eyes and head been to my doc got no eye in infec not sure wot it can be bit worrying
This involves dizziness, vertigo, sudden heavy eyelids and difficulty focusing, over the last seven years. I was at my computer typing away, when I began to feel a bit light-headed and apprehensive. When I stood up,...
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User : i feel really light heaed and if i lay down and close my eyes it feel like evrything is spinning really fast
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User : hi i am about 10 weeks pregnant and from yesterday ive been experiencin sore stomach it gets worse and then dulls
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User : hello about 2 weeks ago i found a lost tampon i had for got about and pulled it out ever since i have not felt right
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yesterday i felt very axienious all of a sudden i got very hot light headed started sweating, i through up one time just the oj i had just drank my body was shuting down but i was fully coherent. i manage to lay myself on the ground and then felt as through i was cool down it lasted about 20 min. or so and then i felt fine like it never happen.
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My heart beats irregularly and lately its been doing it more often. It will slows down dramatically and i ll get an axious feeling (but i get the feeling in my chest) and it ll speed up to a strong rapid beat, but slows down to a faint pulse after... when it slows down i feel light headed and one time my legs and arms started tingling and got...
hi I m a 13 year old girl. Every time I get up I see black spots and feel really dizzy and sometimes I pass out. And sometime when I lay down with my eyes closed and then open them I see black spots and feel light headed. Also when I travel in a car for to long I feel like I want to jump out and I get frustrated a lot and don t know what to do...
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Hi i had 2 embryo s transferd on wednesday 14th november after 3 days, on the sunday i had quite bad cramping pains, and have had sore breast the last few days ive been feeling quite light headed and sicky on a couple of occasions i have been sick. I took a test on wednesday 21st which was 7 days after transfer which was negative (i know this...
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I am wondering if I am having my first period right now. I have been getting white liquids for around a month or two? And just yesterday, I spotted brown spots on my underclothing, and as I was taking a shower I couldn t help but notice blood on my counterpart. Today, I woke up with a tiny smear of blood. Than as I changed pads, the amount...
Hi about 8 years I suffered a head injury . I was assaulted and hit in the front of my head where the newborns soft spot is. A year later I was arguing and fainted for the first time. Now from time to time i get light headed and faint I m out for like a minute then I come too. Xrays have been. Taken and they say nothing is wrong. But no one can...
I have felt bad for about a week maybe two. I have had a very bad headache and am weak and always tired sometimes when I stand or walk I get light headed and everything is kinda in tunnel vision you could say. The week before I had some drooping on the right side of my face and had a bit of tightness in my chest and arm . That stoped but...
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I bumped my head 4 days ago snow boarding. I went home just felt dizzy lying down a certain way and getting up. Today I feel nausious and light headed. I hope everything is okay? Thanks
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I am trying to eat heathily but my problem is when I don t eat often and well sized portions I feel light headed and I have nearly collapsed once I had a 4 hour shift at work I was feeling very dizzy. But I have been getting pains in my heart as well which makes me worry. vegtables and bran just don t keep my energy levels up enough on their...
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I am 54 years old, and I have uneven periods each month. Sometimes, I ve skipped them altogether. For the last 2 days, my period has been bright red and heavy. Today, since about 10 this morning, I ve felt light headed, shakey, and there s kind of a gnawing, tight feeling down below my sternum--I m thinking it s coming from my stomach area. When...
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