Suggest Treatment For Dizziness When Diagnosed With Spinal Stenosis

Posted on Mon, 25 Jul 2016

Question: sometimes maybe once a week I will feel dizzy or my head feels funny. the muscles in the back of my neck will be tight beside my spine more than that a week and then 20 minutes later they will be relaxed. I am type 2 diabetic and control it by diet. last week I felt light headed little dizzy neck tight. checked sugar and it was 130 but I had eaten 1 hour 15 minutes before that. I do have spinal stenosis also . I drive a truck for a living. when I feel this way I can stand up and move around and I feel better. the last 2 days I have cut and split wood all day in the 95 degree heat and feel good. why do I feel like this sometimes

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

I carefully passed through your question and would explain that your symptoms seem to be related to a backbone d( chronic degeration), which may lead to narrowing of the vertebral arteries and also radicular pain in the hands ( or numbness).

So, coming to this point I recommend performing some tests, besides a careful physical exam:

- a cervical spine X ray study
- a Doppler ultrasound of the cervical vessels.

A cervical spine CT scan or MRI may be necessary to rule in/out possible bulging intervertebral disc or spinal canal stenosis.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

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