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What Could Be The Reason For Light Headed Feeling?

Very infrequently but worries me. I am 55 female and I sometimes feel like a warm liquid oozing into my scalp or just under the scalp. It scares me as I think of aneurysms. I am 5 x 3 and weigh 230 lbs. Today I felt just a little light headed at work and paramedics came (i teach) and my vital were fine.
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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Hi my dear,

I am glad to know that your vital were fine. Apart oscillations in blood pressure, there might be other causes to feeling light headed:

- oscillations in blood sugar (especially if you skip your meal/breakfast)
- being dehydrated (not enough water consumptions, as you teach you need more water to "wet-up" your mouth throat dried from keep talking)
- stress/work overload
- spondyloarthrosis (arthritis of the spinal cord of neck level)
- hormonal disbalance at your age due to pre/menopause

I suggest to:

- keep monitoring your blood pressure and sugar, record the results for further evaluation
- although your vital were fine, you should do an EKG, cardiac echo and holter monitoring to exclude heart problems
- do an abdominal ultrasound
- run urine analysis, complete blood profile and measure electrolytes and hormonal levels
- do X-ray of neck and chest

Based on lab results, further treatment is prescribed specifically.

All the best!
Dr.Alba
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What Could Be The Reason For Light Headed Feeling?

Hi my dear, I am glad to know that your vital were fine. Apart oscillations in blood pressure, there might be other causes to feeling light headed: - oscillations in blood sugar (especially if you skip your meal/breakfast) - being dehydrated (not enough water consumptions, as you teach you need more water to wet-up your mouth throat dried from keep talking) - stress/work overload - spondyloarthrosis (arthritis of the spinal cord of neck level) - hormonal disbalance at your age due to pre/menopause I suggest to: - keep monitoring your blood pressure and sugar, record the results for further evaluation - although your vital were fine, you should do an EKG, cardiac echo and holter monitoring to exclude heart problems - do an abdominal ultrasound - run urine analysis, complete blood profile and measure electrolytes and hormonal levels - do X-ray of neck and chest Based on lab results, further treatment is prescribed specifically. All the best! Dr.Alba