What causes you to get Dizzy?

Dizziness

Dr. Edward F.Group III, DC, Ph.D, ND, DACBN

As a child, spinning until you were dizzy was great fun. But now, finding the room spinning when you get out of bed isn't pleasant at all.

The word dizzy is used to describe everything from feeling faint or lightheaded to feeling weak or unsteady. Dizziness that creates the sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving is called vertigo.

• Vertigo

Keeping your sense of balance depends on your brain processing a variety of information from your eyes, your nervous system and your ears. However, if your brain can't process signals from all of these locations, if the messages are contradictory, or if the sensory systems aren't functioning properly, you may experience loss of balance.

Dizziness is the third most common reason people over age 65 visit their doctors. Aging increases the risk of developing any of several conditions that may cause dizziness. Although it may be disabling and incapacitating, dizziness rarely signals a serious, life-threatening condition.

Dizziness itself may be a sign or symptom of a significant medical problem.

There are many reasons a person can develop dizziness. Perhaps there is a loss of sensory perception going to one of the organs (eyes, ear, nose), or one of these organs is malfunctioning.

Common characteristics of dizziness may include:

• A sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving (Vertigo)

• A loss of balance

• Unsteadiness

• Wooziness

• Lightheadedness

• Faintness

• Weakness

• Fatigue

• Difficulty concentrating

• Blurred vision following quick head movements

Possible causes of lightheadedness include:

• fatigue

• stress

• fever

• anemia

• Anxiety

• motionsickness

• hyperventilation

• hypoglycemia

• inner ear disorder

• Brain tumor

• high blood pressure (hypertension)

• low blood pressure

• allergies

• diabetes

• head injuries

• Stroke

• inadequate oxygen supply to the brain

• viral infection

• fever

• drug use

• nutritional deficiencies

• neurological illness

• changes in atmospheric pressure from altitude or weather changes

• ear infection

• ear wax buildup

• poor blood circulation

• arteriosclerosis.

Under normal circumstances, your sense of balance is controlled by a number of signals that your brain receives from several locations:

• Ear infection, middle ear
• Ear infection, outer ear

Good balance depends on at least two of these three sensory systems working well. For instance, closing your eyes while washing your hair in the shower doesn't mean you'll lose your balance. Signals from your inner ear and sensory nerves help keep you upright.

However, if your central nervous system can't process signals from all of these locations, if the messages are contradictory, or if the sensory systems aren't functioning properly, you may experience loss of balance.

Knowing how your body responds to different stimulus and how you conduct your everyday affairs including what you eat and what you do in regards exercise has a lot to do with how dizziness can be treated.

You need to monitor how your eyes, ears, and nose functions when faced with the stimulus that uses them. This will be a tell-tale sign as to what happens and what causes your dizziness. Once you evaluate this you can pinpoint a plan of action as to what type of treatment is necessary. Regarding types of treatments - you don’t have to forgo treatments using conventional methods. Why feed your body chemicals that only will hurt not help the body. Instead go after natural cures that will help your body.

Continue to read further to find out what ways you can take to cure your dizzy spells.  

• Hearing loss

• Dizziness

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