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What Causes Dizziness And Constant Pressure In The Head?
I use to get dizzy spells & i would just wait them off tell i felt right again but now the past month i have been feeling off balance like all the time i rarely leave the house bc im scared im gonna fall over. & i also feel light headed alot like im about to faint. & here the past couple weeks i have had alot of constant pressure in my head. & i really havnt felt like myself at all here lately.
Fri, 23 Dec 2016
Hello!
Welcome on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to different causes:
- an inner ear disorder
- a brain lesion (infection, tumor, demyelinating disorder, etc.)
- cervical spine chronic degenerations
- vertebro-basilar insufficiency.
Coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with your GP for a physical exam and performing some tests:
- a cervical spine X ray study
- complete blood count, PCR, sedimentation rate for inflammation
- thyroid hormone levels for possible dysfunction
- a Doppler of the cervical vessels for possible vessel narrowing
- a brain CT scan
Consulting with an ENT specialist for a physical exam and labyrinthine tests would help exclude an inner ear disorder, before performing a brain CT scan.
Meanwhile, I recommend starting Meclizine or Dimenhydrinate.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards, Dr. Aida
Welcome on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to different causes:
- an inner ear disorder
- a brain lesion (infection, tumor, demyelinating disorder, etc.)
- cervical spine chronic degenerations
- vertebro-basilar insufficiency.
Coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with your GP for a physical exam and performing some tests:
- a cervical spine X ray study
- complete blood count, PCR, sedimentation rate for inflammation
- thyroid hormone levels for possible dysfunction
- a Doppler of the cervical vessels for possible vessel narrowing
- a brain CT scan
Consulting with an ENT specialist for a physical exam and labyrinthine tests would help exclude an inner ear disorder, before performing a brain CT scan.
Meanwhile, I recommend starting Meclizine or Dimenhydrinate.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards, Dr. Aida
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