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What Causes Dizziness To An Old Person?
My grandma is visiting with my family and I this weekend, and she woke up this morning feeling very dizzy. She says it is not vertigo because when she sits down she still feels dizzy. She says she does not know what is wrong. She had a stroke around a year ago. Should we take her to the hospital?
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
Hello! Among the several causes of dizziness in the elderly the ones which have to be sorted out immediately in your case are :1)A sudden increase or drop in her blood pressure (2)Heart disorder(lack of blood supply to heart muscle or variation in heart beat & (3)evolving fresh stroke. You need to take to the emergency room (ER) for complete checkup as quicklt as possible. All the best!
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