Dizziness is frequent and lasts more than a few minutes.
This may indicate a serious malfunction in the inner ear, such as vestibular neuritis or labyrinthitis (otitis media). Such diseases are dangerous because at first they can be almost asymptomatic, and later their pathogens can affect the brain and nervous system.
Dizziness, accompanied by severe weakness, numbness of the body, speech or vision problems.
This combination of symptoms may be a sign of a stroke. Stroke is a disorder of cerebral circulation. Be sure to check someone who is experiencing such dizziness with a one-minute test:
– Ask the patient to smile and show his teeth. If a person has a stroke, the smile will not be symmetrical.
– Ask the person to close his eyes and raise his hands. If she has a stroke (resulting in nerve endings and muscle weakness), she will not be able to raise both arms equally.
– Ask to repeat a simple sentence with a few words. For example: “I’m fine, I’m healthy.” If a person has a stroke, it will be difficult for them to remember and repeat the phrase. In addition, his pronunciation will be indistinct, with obvious lisp.
Also, you can try to test yourself. If at least one task fails, call an ambulance immediately.
You always feel dizzy when you get up.
Short-term orthostatic hypotension (lowering of blood pressure, including in the brain, causing dizziness) is a common condition. This is most often due to a lack of fluid in the body.
Due to slight dehydration, the blood becomes thicker, blood circulation deteriorates. Thus, orthostatic hypotension often occurs after a person has been lying down or sitting for a long time. This problem is solved simply: do not forget to drink water, especially on hot days or during exercise.
But if you are absolutely sure that you do not have dehydration, and you always have dizziness, you should see a doctor as soon as possible. Such symptoms indicate possible cardiovascular disease (arrhythmia, heart failure) or neuropathy – non-inflammatory nerve damage.
You have had an unbearable headache.
Many people are familiar with the word “migraine”, but it is often believed that it is just a throbbing headache. But this is not entirely true: prolonged recurrent dizziness can also be a migraine.
This neuropsychiatric disorder is potentially life-threatening as it can lead to stroke or heart attack. If your dizziness lasts for several hours or more, or occurs regularly, be sure to consult a doctor. The doctor will diagnose and, if necessary, prescribe migraine medications (such as Gravol or Cafergot).
You are constantly dizzy during exercise.
The most common cause of this condition is dehydration or hyperventilation, because the blood oxygen level rises and the carbon dioxide content decreases, causing dizziness. Therefore, it is important to drink enough fluids and exercise moderately.