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Does Smoking Cause Dizziness?

Hello, I hit my head pretty hard on an iron pole while playing basketball, so I suffered a head injury on top of right eyebrow. I continued playing being slightly dizzy but able to compete and then I got home. For the first three days, I was slightly dizzy and my arm was going numb sometimes for a period of time. After this, the next two days I was feeling less and less dizzy after I stopped having symptoms but the bump was still there and it hurt if I slightly squeezed it. In the sixth day and having no symptoms, I foolishly decided to drink some whiskey (around tree fingers) and smoke around five cigarettes. Whiskey got me a bit dizzy for seconds but I continued drinking because the dizziness was really short-timed. After some hours, in the night, I more foolishly decided to smoke two marijuana joints, sharing with two other people. That night I felt a bit dizzy and like my head was heavier or something. However, I think it was mostly psychologically self-inflicted because my girlfriend called me after she learnt what I did and she told me how I would die and be paralyzed with all the details! The day after this, feeling fine but still having the aforementioned bump pain, I smoked three to five cigarettes and I had no drinks. Today, a bit more than a week after my injury (still with the bump there), I smoked around seven cigarettes and drunk a margarita (with no amaretto but still with tequila) and after this I noticed that my bump got slightly bigger and a bit more sensitive to squeezing. Still, I feel fine except some mild dizziness, which I attribute to my girlfriend s tonight s forecast that I will die because I worsened the swelling or that I will be mentally crippled for the rest of my life. Since the beginning of my injury I have not been to a hospital because I do not have a good insurance plan and I do not believe my condition is severe. I know that my foolish actions may delay my recovery or even impair it in a degree and I am really worried because I am a college student starting classes in a week and I am an ambitious student with great grades so far. Can you please let me know how much should I worry about my condition and the potential consequences of my irresponsible actions? I am sorry for the length of the message, but I feel like I needed to be thorough in my description. Thank you in advance.
Fri, 20 Nov 2015
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Hello;
Spend of the time shown you that your skull injury is mild; but the method that you select for reducing your problem isn't correct! And you noted in question, more and more.
So, if you can provide RX. Syrup Multi-sanostol 120 ML. and serve it 1 sp. * 3, till your reach to improvement; it will be good and suitable for you.
Follow-up: after a week.
Thank you!

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Does Smoking Cause Dizziness?

Hello; Spend of the time shown you that your skull injury is mild; but the method that you select for reducing your problem isn t correct! And you noted in question, more and more. So, if you can provide RX. Syrup Multi-sanostol 120 ML. and serve it 1 sp. * 3, till your reach to improvement; it will be good and suitable for you. Follow-up: after a week. Thank you!