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What Causes Sudden Dizziness?
Good afternoon doctor,
Yesterday night, when I got home from work, as I was going up the stairs I started to feel dizzy spells. When I got in the house I didnt feel like the room was spining instead I felt like I was unbalanced. The floor wasn't feeling firm to me. I didn't pay too much thought to it and decided to bath and get dressed to go outside. As I was about to put my coat I felt like I was going to pass out so I layed down. After an hour I got up and I still felt the same way. Can you please tell me what that might been?
Yesterday night, when I got home from work, as I was going up the stairs I started to feel dizzy spells. When I got in the house I didnt feel like the room was spining instead I felt like I was unbalanced. The floor wasn't feeling firm to me. I didn't pay too much thought to it and decided to bath and get dressed to go outside. As I was about to put my coat I felt like I was going to pass out so I layed down. After an hour I got up and I still felt the same way. Can you please tell me what that might been?
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
Hello,
This can be due to :
1. high blood pressure which is untreated or not properly treated
2. Due to cervical spondylosis- getting an X Ray neck will rule it out
3. this can also be due to neurological cause- may be you need to get some scan (CAT scan or MRI brain) if the doctor feels it to be necessary.
You havent mentioned your age and comorbidities..otherwise it would have been easy to reach to some close diffrential diagnosis.
So, in any case- please donot roam around on your own- you might fall and get serious injuries..and
you must meet a doctor at the earliest.
Wish you good health
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Neuropsychiatry
This can be due to :
1. high blood pressure which is untreated or not properly treated
2. Due to cervical spondylosis- getting an X Ray neck will rule it out
3. this can also be due to neurological cause- may be you need to get some scan (CAT scan or MRI brain) if the doctor feels it to be necessary.
You havent mentioned your age and comorbidities..otherwise it would have been easy to reach to some close diffrential diagnosis.
So, in any case- please donot roam around on your own- you might fall and get serious injuries..and
you must meet a doctor at the earliest.
Wish you good health
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Neuropsychiatry
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