Suggest Treatment For Light-headed Feeling And Lack Of Hand Eye Coordination

Posted on Sat, 31 Jan 2015

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Sat, 31 Jan 2015 Answered on

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Question : I AM VERY LIGHT HEADED AND WALKING TO LEANING TO THE LEFT. HAND EYE CORDINATON IS OFF.
wENT TO MMY DOCTORS ERGENT CENTER THURS. AND TOLD ME MY POTASSIM;WAS LOWabout.3 should be 35. Gave me 2 laqrge potas. pills to take then and a prescrption for meclizine.12.5 mg. Everything is the same, stll can'
walk a straight line, leaing to the left, if I REACH FOR SOMETHING, i MISS IT

I will be leavng for Mass shortly; just email me I am returning to the ergent center Sunday morn. for follow up. Just give me some questions to ask them.

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Multiple possibilities, Needs workup and management,

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking

I read your question and i understand your concern. Dizziness and imbalance and ataxic gait with falling to the left indicate many possibilities.

A fall of potassium may cause it itself and despite its correction, it still may take some time upto a couple of weeks to completely resolve the dizziness symptoms.

The issue of reaching for something and missing it how ever is more than dizziness and it needs work up. As it is called dysmetria and is a cerebellar symptom.

Following are the likely possibilities they need to rule out.

Stroke
ALS
Brain tumor
Cerebellar disorder
Inner ear problems like meniere's' disease, vestibular neuronitis or acoustic neuroma.
Multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer
Alcohol intoxication
Vitamin B12 deficiency.

Get in touch with your doctors and let them take care of your symptoms.

I hope it helps. take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.

Regards
Khan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar