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Can High Cholesterol Level Lead To Dizziness?
Good Day Doctor I am Audrey ,My Mother slipped and her head hit wall about 20 days ago Soon after, Her back head fell painful and swollen, with a rather pink area surrounding it, I gave him a kind of ointment for relieve pain and soon she felt better Unfortunately this past three days, she feel dizziness , and although on the bed, she fell that the bed moving around I already got him to the doctor , and said that she got an vertigo Question: 1. She still feel dizziness when she get up from bed, what should I do? 2. Her cholesterol level is 247, does it impacted to dizziness she felt? "3. She try to exercise to lower her cholesterol level, walking to the market , doing household eventhough she had the vertigo in the morning, and she step up the stairs repeteadly Is that worsen her vertigo?"Thanks a lot for advising, I really worry about her health as she crying a lot when her head is feel uncomfort
Mon, 8 Jun 2015
hello Audrey,I have gone through your question.Thanks for using HCM.I would reply your question in the order you asked.
1.High level of cholesterol directly does not produce any symptoms.Long standing high level of cholesterol gets deposited in walls of artery and that leads to narrowing of lumen of vessel.If severe blocks develop in large artery like carotids then it may lead to giddiness and dizziness,but it usually does not produce vertigo.
2.waiking directly does not worsen vertigo,but there is risk of fall if vertigo is not controlled and if she tries to walk.so better avoid walking till vertigo is controlled.
3.please get her evaluated for vertigo ,most of time it is benign and usually responds to medicines like cinnarazine.sometimes there may be ear problem leading to vertigo.so please get her evalauted by ENT surgeon if she does not respond to cinnarazine.
she should start atorvastatin 10 mg for cholesterol with aim to reduce its level to 150 .
my best wishes.
Dr.Teli,MD
1.High level of cholesterol directly does not produce any symptoms.Long standing high level of cholesterol gets deposited in walls of artery and that leads to narrowing of lumen of vessel.If severe blocks develop in large artery like carotids then it may lead to giddiness and dizziness,but it usually does not produce vertigo.
2.waiking directly does not worsen vertigo,but there is risk of fall if vertigo is not controlled and if she tries to walk.so better avoid walking till vertigo is controlled.
3.please get her evaluated for vertigo ,most of time it is benign and usually responds to medicines like cinnarazine.sometimes there may be ear problem leading to vertigo.so please get her evalauted by ENT surgeon if she does not respond to cinnarazine.
she should start atorvastatin 10 mg for cholesterol with aim to reduce its level to 150 .
my best wishes.
Dr.Teli,MD
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