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Suggest Remedies For Dizziness In An Elderly Person
Question: My Mom is 95-1/2 years old. She is very weak -- she had an upset stomach yesterday -- was better today -- and now she says she is very dizzy -- and keeps saying she's been on this earth too long? What can I do? Significant short term memory loss
Brief Answer:
may be age related, needs to be evaluated
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome
I have gone through your query and do understand your concern.
Symptoms may be related to the age. As you have mentioned that she had stomach upset, she might not have had sufficient food, which can result in hypoglycaemia, which may be responsible for dizziness.
I would suggest you to get get blood sugar ( RBS)checked.
See to it that she is not dehydrated, give her sufficient fluids.
Other common cause of dizziness is hypotension, so get her blood pressure checked and also rule out anaemia ( hb estimation).
Hope this helps
Take care
may be age related, needs to be evaluated
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome
I have gone through your query and do understand your concern.
Symptoms may be related to the age. As you have mentioned that she had stomach upset, she might not have had sufficient food, which can result in hypoglycaemia, which may be responsible for dizziness.
I would suggest you to get get blood sugar ( RBS)checked.
See to it that she is not dehydrated, give her sufficient fluids.
Other common cause of dizziness is hypotension, so get her blood pressure checked and also rule out anaemia ( hb estimation).
Hope this helps
Take care
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