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Suggest Remedy For Dizzy Spells

Last week my daughter, who is 13, had a dizzy spell at school...she saw spots, then she got a really bad headache. She's had a couple more dizzy spells since then.....I am not sure whether to take her to see the doc or just have her hydrate herself more and then go from there.....
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your daughter's symptoms. They are suggestive of an acute migraine attack with visual aura.

In this condition, there are visual symptoms such as flashes of light, etc, followed by headache, vomiting and dizziness.

She should be shown to a neurologist, so that she can be started on appropriate medications to prevent the recurrence of such episodes in the future.

There is no need to worry, as she would get well with treatment.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Suggest Remedy For Dizzy Spells

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted your daughter s symptoms. They are suggestive of an acute migraine attack with visual aura. In this condition, there are visual symptoms such as flashes of light, etc, followed by headache, vomiting and dizziness. She should be shown to a neurologist, so that she can be started on appropriate medications to prevent the recurrence of such episodes in the future. There is no need to worry, as she would get well with treatment. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in