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Nausea,dizziness,vomiting.
my husband is 77 years old. In perfect health so far. No medications ever. For a couple of months now I noticed that if he goes to do anything that requires bending a lot he get nauseous, dizzy and vomits . One time he blacked out for a minute or so. Afterwards he is fine. He has led a very sedentary life since we moved to the states about 3 years ago Can you advise please
Mon, 14 May 2012
Hi
Its a gift to have such a wonderful life this long. Your husband's complaints points towards a vascular or a gastro-intestinal problem. His blood pressure must be checked. An abdominal CT is a must to rule out a vascular pathology, mainly an aortic aneurysm or a vascular block. This will also give us an idea about his abdomen status. The scan must be taken as an emergnecy, as early as possible.
Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim
Surgical Oncologist
mdibrahimdr@yahoo.co.in
Its a gift to have such a wonderful life this long. Your husband's complaints points towards a vascular or a gastro-intestinal problem. His blood pressure must be checked. An abdominal CT is a must to rule out a vascular pathology, mainly an aortic aneurysm or a vascular block. This will also give us an idea about his abdomen status. The scan must be taken as an emergnecy, as early as possible.
Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim
Surgical Oncologist
mdibrahimdr@yahoo.co.in
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Hi Seliova,
Dizziness, naucea, vomiting on bending in your case can be due to following causes.
1] Ear problem: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo[BPPV] ,Meniere's syndrome [Dizzines+tinnitus+vertigo], vestibular nerve problem.
2] Neurological causes : Stroke, brain lesion.
3] Structural cardiac and valvular diseases.
So consult neurologist to rule out chances of stroke which is serious enough; doctor might advise you MRI/CT imaging.
Again you need to consult ENT specialist to rule out above mentioned causes.
Cardiovascular causes will usually be associated with other symptoms like chest pain, palpitation, breathlessness on exertion; which is absent in your case. So this is likely to be least possibility.
Take care.
Best regards,
Dr. Neelam.
Dizziness, naucea, vomiting on bending in your case can be due to following causes.
1] Ear problem: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo[BPPV] ,Meniere's syndrome [Dizzines+tinnitus+vertigo], vestibular nerve problem.
2] Neurological causes : Stroke, brain lesion.
3] Structural cardiac and valvular diseases.
So consult neurologist to rule out chances of stroke which is serious enough; doctor might advise you MRI/CT imaging.
Again you need to consult ENT specialist to rule out above mentioned causes.
Cardiovascular causes will usually be associated with other symptoms like chest pain, palpitation, breathlessness on exertion; which is absent in your case. So this is likely to be least possibility.
Take care.
Best regards,
Dr. Neelam.
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