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What Causes Constant Dizziness?

My mom has complained of feeling of dizziness when she lays down like the room is spinning, six weeks ago she got up to go to the bathroom she got dizzy could not catch herself fell and broke her ankle? Last night I took her to the emergency room because she had two dizzy spells yesterday. They gave her a prescription for dizziness for 5 days. They also gave her two pills while at the emergency room the nurse said for vertigo, they also gave her fluids for dehydration, now as she was getting ready to go to bed and after laying down the dizziness came again, they did a cat scan and said it came back ok, but when she had the dizzy spell last night while getting ready to go to bed my mom just told me she had a odd feeling and the base of her head near her neck. Should I make and appointment to see a neurologist? she is 66
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Hi Dear ,

As per your query your mother has constant dizziness , specially when she laying down . Well there can be many reasons for the symptoms yu mention in query like anxiety , Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), ear infection , hypoglycemia , anemia , meniere's disease , migraine and alteration in he blood circulation and stroke . I would suggest you to consult ENT specialist for proper examination . Doctor may order test like rotatory chair test , head movement test , posturography examinetion with otoscope for inner ear infection and CT scan . Doctor may prescribe antiemetic drug , sedatives , antibiotics in case of infection , vestibular therapy and recommend balance therapy or physiotherapy . For now do not bend forward and drink green tea thrice a day .

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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What Causes Constant Dizziness?

Hi Dear , As per your query your mother has constant dizziness , specially when she laying down . Well there can be many reasons for the symptoms yu mention in query like anxiety , Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), ear infection , hypoglycemia , anemia , meniere s disease , migraine and alteration in he blood circulation and stroke . I would suggest you to consult ENT specialist for proper examination . Doctor may order test like rotatory chair test , head movement test , posturography examinetion with otoscope for inner ear infection and CT scan . Doctor may prescribe antiemetic drug , sedatives , antibiotics in case of infection , vestibular therapy and recommend balance therapy or physiotherapy . For now do not bend forward and drink green tea thrice a day . Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari