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What Causes Dizziness And Blurring Of Vision?

Sometimes when I stand up or even sit up, i get really dizzy, my head starts to pound, and my vision blacks out. I thought it could be from getting up too fast, but it happens even when I am moving slowly. Why does this happen? Is it serious? I am 16 and 130 pounds.
Tue, 24 Jun 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your symptoms. Based on the description, we need to exclude postural hypotension- a drop in blood pressure on sitting up or standing from lying down position.

This can be confirmed by checking blood pressure in lying down and in standing position.

We also need to exclude anemia- a deficiency in haemoglobin.
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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What Causes Dizziness And Blurring Of Vision?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted your symptoms. Based on the description, we need to exclude postural hypotension- a drop in blood pressure on sitting up or standing from lying down position. This can be confirmed by checking blood pressure in lying down and in standing position. We also need to exclude anemia- a deficiency in haemoglobin. 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