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What Causes Popping At The Base Of Skull And Dizziness?

my husband felt a popping at the base of the skull, got dizzy then ended on the floor passed out. His eyes wide open and no movement. he has gone for all sorts of testing, from CT, MRI, blood test etc. They found nothing. This has happened again. Any ideas?
Mon, 5 Jan 2015
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Hello. I have been through your question and understand your concern.

This seems a clear episode of loss of consciousness (LOC). Since CT and MRI ruled out any brain damage responsable for these events, I reccomend an electroencephalogran which evaluates the electrical brain activity. This is very helpful in cases of epilepsy which a condition which might cause LOC.

It is unusual at this age that LOC be related to epilepsy, still you should rule it out.

Hope this helps, please feel free using MHC again.
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What Causes Popping At The Base Of Skull And Dizziness?

Hello. I have been through your question and understand your concern. This seems a clear episode of loss of consciousness (LOC). Since CT and MRI ruled out any brain damage responsable for these events, I reccomend an electroencephalogran which evaluates the electrical brain activity. This is very helpful in cases of epilepsy which a condition which might cause LOC. It is unusual at this age that LOC be related to epilepsy, still you should rule it out. Hope this helps, please feel free using MHC again.