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Is Intense Dizziness When I Get Out Of Bed Due To An Infection?
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Tue, 15 May 2018
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Question : I experience dizziness that is most intense when I get out of bed and diminishes through the day. I had an ear infection when I was 6 that was pretty painfull. Ear drops were used. Is this likely an infection, and what treatment is there?
Brief Answer:
Questions so that I can advise
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
Dizziness has two meanings - light headedness and vertigo.
Light headedness is where a person feels faint, like blood is not getting up to their head fast enough. It is typically worse when standing up quickly or standing for a long time. Is this what you are experiencing, and are you taking any medications for any health problems?
Vertigo is where it feels like the room is spinning. The most common type happens when a person changes their head position, such as from lying on one's side to upright, etc. It can make a person feel nauseated. Is this what is happening for you, and how many days has it been happening.
Do you have any infection type symptoms, such as fever, chills, runny nose, sore throat, cough, or ear pain?
Any changes in your hearing?
Please send me the additional information to my questions and I'll write back with recommendations. Thanks
Questions so that I can advise
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
Dizziness has two meanings - light headedness and vertigo.
Light headedness is where a person feels faint, like blood is not getting up to their head fast enough. It is typically worse when standing up quickly or standing for a long time. Is this what you are experiencing, and are you taking any medications for any health problems?
Vertigo is where it feels like the room is spinning. The most common type happens when a person changes their head position, such as from lying on one's side to upright, etc. It can make a person feel nauseated. Is this what is happening for you, and how many days has it been happening.
Do you have any infection type symptoms, such as fever, chills, runny nose, sore throat, cough, or ear pain?
Any changes in your hearing?
Please send me the additional information to my questions and I'll write back with recommendations. Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Usually starts when I get up. Before I move my head, there are no symptoms. When I sit up after waking up, it feels like vertigo. Room starts spinning. After a minut or so, it becomes dizziness. I'm not taking any medications. This recent bout has been going on about 1 week, but not every day. I notice ear ringing, but not often. I have no other infection symptoms. No change in hearing.
Brief Answer:
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Detailed Answer:
What you are describing - vertigo that is affected by changes in position one's head and that come on suddenly with room spinning, is most likely to be benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. BPPV. It's the most common type of vertigo and happens fairly frequently to people.
What happens is that particles in the inner ear get into the wrong place and trip the motion sensors. Treatment is to try to get them back where they belong. Doctors use a technique called an Epley maneuver, but there are home remedies too and I've had patients have good success with the following one. If it doesn't work the first time you try it, try it again about 15 minutes later.
To see the video, copy and paste it into your search bar as it won't "link" here.
Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR6b7CAiqk
I hope this helps!
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Detailed Answer:
What you are describing - vertigo that is affected by changes in position one's head and that come on suddenly with room spinning, is most likely to be benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. BPPV. It's the most common type of vertigo and happens fairly frequently to people.
What happens is that particles in the inner ear get into the wrong place and trip the motion sensors. Treatment is to try to get them back where they belong. Doctors use a technique called an Epley maneuver, but there are home remedies too and I've had patients have good success with the following one. If it doesn't work the first time you try it, try it again about 15 minutes later.
To see the video, copy and paste it into your search bar as it won't "link" here.
Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR6b7CAiqk
I hope this helps!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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