Dizziness and sickness

There are not that many people who have never felt the uneasy feeling that dizziness causes. People should know that there are lots of factors that lead to dizziness. Some of the most common are poor circulation, inner ear disease, the usage of certain medications, injury, infection, allergies and even a certain neurological disease. People need not worry too much because there are ways dizziness can be treated. However, in order for that to happen, people need to go to the hospital and help the doctor in any way they can so that the real cause of dizziness can be diagnosed and treated. Not every person experiences the same symptoms and but some occur more often than others like a high fever, severe headache, ongoing vomiting, convulsion, chest pain, shortness of breath, the inability to move either arm or leg and hearing loss. Change in vision or speech is also considered to be one of the symptoms.

What is dizziness?

In most cases dizziness is described as a feeling of light-headedness, unsteadiness or giddiness. In case of vertigo, a person will feel that either he or she or the environment is moving. Motion sickness is another form of dizziness and lots of people experience it when they ride in a plane.

Causes of dizziness

Poor circulation is one of the most common causes of dizziness. In this case a person will feel dizzy when the brain does not receive enough blood. This is mostly experienced when people stand up quickly after they had been lying down. People who suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol are more prone to experience dizziness due to poor blood circulation. In case when the inner ear does not receive enough blood, a person will experience vertigo.

Neurological diseases, anxiety and vertigo are some of the other common causes of dizziness. Vertigo is known to occur due to several causes like benign positional vertigo, Meniere’s disease, migraine, infection of the inner ear, injury and allergy.

When to seek medical assistance?

People should seek immediate medical assistance in cases when they experience dizziness after a head injury, have a really high fever, experience a stiff neck, ongoing vomiting, loss of consciousness, chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness and change in vision or speech.

People, who experience hearing loss, believe that the medications they are taking are causing dizziness, experience different symptoms or have never before experienced dizziness should talk to a doctor. Prevention

There are ways a person can prevent dizziness. The best way is to avoid quick changes in position and rapid head motion, lessen the intake of alcohol, tobacco and caffeine, drink a lot of fluids and reduce stress.