Can Benign Positional Vertigo Make Me Feel Sick?
Thanks for posting your query.
Acid reflux, nausea and feeling tired can be due to gall bladder disease but dizziness, headaches, feeling tired, feeling thirsty and increased frequency of urination can be unrelated to it.
Some of the possibilities which can cause these symptoms are :
1) Thyroid causes like hypothyroidism
2) Diabetes mellitus
3) Anemia
4) Inflammation of the kidneys (causes increased frequency of urination and hence excessive thirst and dizziness due to loss of water)
5) Ear infections and other causes like Meniere’s disease or inner ear diseases
6) Cervical causes like cervical spondolysis
You should get your thyroid profile, complete blood count, fasting blood sugar levels/ HBA1c, kidney function tests and CT head and MRI along with a through ENT examination done.
Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. Also please get back with these reports so that it can help me in understanding your condition better.
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Also, when i first saw an ENT, all they did was give me an audiology test to see if maybe i had fluid in my ears, and that came back fine. Then the ENT had me go to vestibular therapy, and i saw no difference and the therapist couldn't figure out for sure if my dizziness was due to BPV. When I went back to the ENT, basically just threw his hands up in the air and said it's not a Ear, Throat, Nose problem. So I am assuming to get a second opinion.
One more question, I would like to know your opinion about going to see a Dr. Serpe, DC, who is not a medical doctor, but a chiropractor. I guess his whole thing is about functional neurological rehab and biomedical nutrition. I stumbled across the website ( WWW.WWWW.WW researching vertigo/dizziness. I seem skeptical, but at this point willing to try anything.
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I can understand your concern because you are having the symptoms and most of the lab tests and imaging studies have come out normal.
One thing which still needs to be explored is cervical spondolysis and for this a CT scan or MRI of the upper spine should be done. Did your MRI's include MRI of the spine as well.
It is important to correct any posture imbalances that you may have, whether in a sitting posture or in a standing posture. It is also very important to make sure that the pillow you use under your head is the correct size and thickness for your body.
Avoid stretching of shoulders, lifting any heavy weights and add diets XXXXXXX in calcium, vitamins especially vitamin B 12 to daily routine. More severe cases may need steroid injections if cervical spondolysis is explored.
Regarding the TSH levels, it is considered a marker of thyroid disease and if the levels are deranged then we can get serum T3 AND T4 levels done.
You can consult a chiropractor but make sure that whatever is done is brought to the notice of your doctor and he is kept well informed about it.
Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.
Wishing you good health.