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80 Yrs. Noticable Leaning To Right Side While Sitting. Have Arthritis, On Medication For High BP. Any Ideas?
hi have noticed my 80 year old mother has started leaning to the right when she is sitting down. It has become very noticable recently, other people have mentioned it to me though she herself is unaware of it. any ideas?
She suffers from arthritus and has had some falls a year or so ago. She is around 5ft tall and weighs nearly 9 stone. She is on medication for high blood pressure. Joanna .
She suffers from arthritus and has had some falls a year or so ago. She is around 5ft tall and weighs nearly 9 stone. She is on medication for high blood pressure. Joanna .
Mon, 18 Nov 2013
leaning to the one side that is to the right while sitting with out her knowledge indicates cerebellar infarcts/haemorrhage on right side. may be because of high blood pressure and history of falls and old age where we notice brain atrophy causing laxity of brain in the calvarium. there may be chances of collection of old clotted blood also. i advice her to undergo a CT Scan brain with thin posterior fossa cuts(5 mm cuts)
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