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My Mom is in her early 70 s. About every 6 weeks she begins to feel bad maybe best described as flu like symptoms. Headache , dizziness , always tired. She goes to bed for days. Lately, during these spells she has fallen. She will not call anyone and stays on the floor for hours at a time - can be somewhat disoriented. She does tend to have low iron and is taking b12 shots fairly often. She also has restless leg and is on meds for that and meds for blood pressure . Dr.s do not seem to know what to do. Any ideas?
does she taking any medication for the iron deficiency anemia?
anemia is one of the most common cause of dizziness,weakness,headache.so consult your doctor about it and take proper medication
also try to find out the cause of it like chronic occult blood loss in stool,gastric ulcer or sometimes malignancies.so find out the cause of it.
once the anemia is cured you will see the improvement in all these symptoms.also test her blood pressure and blood sugar level frequently.because low bp and sugar can also this.is she diabetic and on medications for it?
Thanks for your query. I appreciate your concern but would like to have a complete workup of your mother before jumping to any conclusion. You mention that she gets, headache, dizziness, tired feeling, "restless legs", high blood pressure and falls down. You also mention that she has "low iron" and it taking B12 shots. What about her mediciines for high blood pressure?
In my opinion you need to consult a discuss with your physician who may involve a neurologist and/or a cardiologist to do a complete work-up. She may be suffering from transient ischaemic attacks which can be diagnosed by relevant investigations like doppler study of the carotid arteries. However I will not jump to any conclusion till a complete work-up has been organized.
Hello :
I hink she needs to see some doctors who is specialized i Geriatric medicine ( Medical care for elderly).
She needs more medical care for now to find out what is going on in general, she might have by now more than an issue.
Headache, dizziness and some times disoriented goes with central nervous system ( which is not my field) I would suggest this to be reviewed by medical colleague instead of Ear, Nose .... as it is labelled .
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hello, welcome to hcm thanks for the query does she taking any medication for the iron deficiency anemia? anemia is one of the most common cause of dizziness,weakness,headache.so consult your doctor about it and take proper medication also try to find out the cause of it like chronic occult blood loss in stool,gastric ulcer or sometimes malignancies.so find out the cause of it. once the anemia is cured you will see the improvement in all these symptoms.also test her blood pressure and blood sugar level frequently.because low bp and sugar can also this.is she diabetic and on medications for it? hope this information will be helpful to you take care