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What Causes Dizziness?

For about a week I have been feeling occasional lightheadedness. I am 62, 6 , 160, nonsmoker and drink 5-6 beers a week in very good health. Run 3.5 miles 4 x wk. Good diet , checked my B.P. day after it first occured and it was 117/77 Do have allergies and there is a lot blooming now
Wed, 7 Sep 2016
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Hello. There could be a cardiac problem here with an arrhythmia. The other possibility would be a transient ischemic attact--a threatened stroke. You need to have your doctor check this out with an EKG, echocardiogram, stress test, and an MRI scan of your brain.
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What Causes Dizziness?

Hello. There could be a cardiac problem here with an arrhythmia. The other possibility would be a transient ischemic attact--a threatened stroke. You need to have your doctor check this out with an EKG, echocardiogram, stress test, and an MRI scan of your brain.