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What Causes Heaviness In The Neck And Blurred Vision?

so sometimes out of the blue when I am up walking or standing I get this feeling in my neck where it is very heavy and my head starts going down then my eyes get all blurry until I can t see at all. Then I have trouble walking until I fall. When this starts occurring I immediately lay down and then it goes away but for a while after it happens once if I get back up it ll happen again eventually goes away. It can happen months apart or days apart.. I just need advice right now . I can tell you all my body wants to do is go down my head wants to be down. But once I lay down I m fine.
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
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Hello,

It may be due to many different causes including positional vertigo, but I also suspect that there may be orthostatic hypotension causing your symptoms.

It is also known as postural hypotension, occurs when your blood pressure drops within three minutes of standing when compared with blood pressure from the sitting or supine position, usually caused by an inadequate physiologic response to postural changes in blood pressure, leading to dizziness, lightheadedness, blurred vision, weakness, fatigue, nausea, palpitations, and headache.

You may want to have a follow up with your local doctor, so they can check each vitals upon your positions, laying down, sitting and standing, to see if your blood pressure applies to this condition.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Katie Lee, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Heaviness In The Neck And Blurred Vision?

Hello, It may be due to many different causes including positional vertigo, but I also suspect that there may be orthostatic hypotension causing your symptoms. It is also known as postural hypotension, occurs when your blood pressure drops within three minutes of standing when compared with blood pressure from the sitting or supine position, usually caused by an inadequate physiologic response to postural changes in blood pressure, leading to dizziness, lightheadedness, blurred vision, weakness, fatigue, nausea, palpitations, and headache. You may want to have a follow up with your local doctor, so they can check each vitals upon your positions, laying down, sitting and standing, to see if your blood pressure applies to this condition. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Katie Lee, General & Family Physician