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44 years
From time to time I feel with Dizziness, especially when I wake up even i can not stand up and some times i feel that i will fall,last time it was for about one week, feeling Dizziness and heavy head
Aug 18, 2014
2nd opinion

Dr. Rania Mousa General Medicine
Vertigo and disequilibrium may cause a feeling of dizziness, but those two terms describe different symptoms. Vertigo is characterized by a feeling of spinning. Disequilibrium is a loss of balance or equilibrium. True dizziness is the feeling of lightheadedness or nearly fainting.

Dizziness is common. The underlying cause of dizziness is usually not serious. Occasional dizziness is nothing to worry about.

>seek immediate help if you experience sudden dizziness along with a head injury, a headache, neck ache, blurred vision, hearing loss, a loss of motor ability, a loss of consciousness, or chest pain. These could indicate serious issues.

>BUT If your dizziness occur as a head rush for a short period of times and is accompanied during a change in position such as when you sit or when you stand or when you get up from bed morning ,or any sudden change in position then the case might be a postural hypertention or orthostatic hypertention presented as dizziness for a short period when changing position and may have other symptoms such as headache or the pressure you felt too .

The symptom is caused by blood pooling in the lower extremities upon a change in body position. It is quite common and can occur briefly in anyone .
well there are several conditions that might contribute to it such as :
hypovolimia (decrease in blood volume ) and dehydration
diseases such as diabetes
medications such as anti depressants
Vitamin B12 deficiency
try when you change position to get up slowly from a position to the other to minimize its prevalence

>another possible cause if the headache is throbbing is Migraine it can be associated with dizziness in some patients and you may feel somehow nausea

>ear problems if there is other associated ear symptoms may also contribute to this,if you had tinnitus(ringing in ears) in any or both ears or dizziness is like an attack of rotational vertigo that can be severe, incapacitating, unpredictable, and last anywhere from minutes to hours,beside fullness in either or both ears and some how decrease in hearing then this will be a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and balance to a varying degree called MENIERE's disease

>if the dizziness is recently felt you may have an infection that is affecting your balance and show in this manner due to dehydration

>if you don't drink that much fluids or have poor diet these symptoms might be seen too due to dehydration and lack of minerals and carbohydrates

>anemia can cause these too and cause low blood pressure ,dizziness and headache ,many reasons might be affecting each other and contribute in the problem

Many causes might be i mentioned the common so to confirm a diagnose you should consult a doctor who examined you especially for serious causes and depending on the examination and the symptoms you feel he will order further tests and then gives the necessary treatment
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