Diseases that can be encountered when having vertigo
Frequent episodes of dizziness warn you that you may have diseases such as ear infections, ectopic stones in the ears, labyrinthine fluid retention or vestibular neuritis.
Vertigo is a loss of balance that causes the feeling of spinning or that the world around you is spinning, putting you at risk of falling.
Dizziness can occur at any age
According to BS.CCII Tran Thi Thuy Hang – Head of the Department of Otolaryngology, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, dizziness is a symptom of many problems related to the body’s health. People who are often dizzy may have ear diseases: ectopic stones in the ear, inner ear inflammation, vestibular neuritis, labyrinthine fluid retention… Dizziness, lightheadedness, whirling, difficulty standing are also symptoms of brain diseases such as vestibular migraine, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, brain tumor…
Dizziness can occur at any age, but the older you get, the more likely you are to get it. Photo: Shutterstock
Dr. Hang said, dizziness occurs when changing position suddenly, then the patient will have symptoms such as loss of balance, whirling, leaning, being pulled in one direction, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting. In addition, accompanied by dizziness, the patient will have a feeling of tension in the head, inability to think, mental decline or instability.
Dizziness can be caused by 3 groups of causes including peripheral vertigo, central vertigo, and a combination of causes. Causes of peripheral vertigo include benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Meniere’s disease (labyrinthic fluid retention), vestibular neuritis, and VIII neuroma. Central causes of dizziness are many types such as vestibular migraine, multiple sclerosis, stroke, brain tumor…
According to Dr. Thuy Hang, the phenomenon of dizziness has many causes, so the groups of subjects with dizziness are also wide. Children, young adults, and the elderly can all suffer from vertigo.
In the elderly and middle-aged, according to research published in the US, about 35% of people with vestibular disorders are over the age of 40. This is one of the leading causes of dizziness. Middle-aged and elderly people may experience dizziness due to vestibular disorders and cerebral ischemia. Particularly for the elderly, dizziness often occurs in the middle of the night, near morning. They wake up and cannot sit up due to dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea, wobble, dizziness, loss of balance, possibly falling to the ground.
In young people, mental workers are often subject to dizziness. In addition, they have a habit of sitting and working in one place for too long and the pressure of work leads to stress in the brain.
The third group of subjects prone to dizziness are pregnant and premenopausal women. During this period, a woman’s physiology changes a lot. The reason why psychology becomes so erratic is because the amount of female hormones changes suddenly, causing dizziness.
In addition, people who have experienced head trauma may also experience vestibular dysfunction leading to dizziness, memory loss, and impaired working ability.
Doctor Hang advises patients at Tam Anh General Hospital. Photo: Provided by the hospital
Early treatment to avoid complications
Dr. Hang said, for patients with dizziness, the doctor will examine to determine the dizziness, then may prescribe additional imaging methods, tests to check the cause such as blood tests. balance and gait, vestibular ophthalmic reflexes, otolaryngoscopy and auditory function measurement. Besides, the doctor can also apply diagnostic measures such as comprehensive neurological examination using imaging, CT scan, brain MRI.
Prolonged dizziness can affect health and reduce the ability to work. If the dizziness is long-term, accompanied by signs such as vomiting, difficulty breathing, fever, or numbness in the limbs, the patient needs to go to a medical facility for examination and treatment. Depending on the cause, the doctor will choose a reasonable treatment method, medical treatment with drugs or use methods such as vestibular rehabilitation combined with ICS Impulse system, ear stone repositioning procedure. ..
“There are also some surgical measures such as endolymphatic bag decompression surgery, vestibular nerve removal surgery or labyrinthectomy for patients with vertigo,” said Dr. Hang.
Natus vestibular meter (USA) at Tam Anh General Hospital. Photo: Provided by the hospital
Besides the above measures, patients can combine treatment of dizziness at home by changing their diet and lifestyle. Specifically, patients should avoid changing positions too suddenly, do not drive, or operate machinery if they are often dizzy, limit the use of coffee, alcohol, tobacco, practice thinking positively, and avoid stress. straight. Walk carefully, avoid losing balance, falling, arranging things in the house neatly, avoiding special obstacles on the floor that are easy to trip, drinking lots of water, getting enough sleep, and exercising are also essential.
In eating, avoid salty foods, limit the use of processed foods with a lot of salt such as sausages, cold cuts, cookies…
“If you suddenly experience dizziness, you need to calm down, close your eyes, limit your head rotation and find a position where you can hold on to avoid falling. After that, you need to sit or lie down to rest. Dizziness occurs with symptoms of tinnitus, hearing loss, vomiting, headache, weakness in limbs…, you need to go to the hospital to be examined by a doctor, find the cause and have suitable treatment methods. suitable,” noted Doctor Hang.
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