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What Is The Cause For Reeling Sensation And Pain At The Back Of The Head?
sir my wife is suffering from reeling sensation even if she stand for 10 minutes while preparing food that is while cooking also she feels as if she is going to fell down . she is not having blood pressure and sugar . and all test like SCAN and MRI shows normal and no problems, but still she is feeling reeling sensation . even if she touches here back of her head she feels lot of pain and while combing also she feels pain on her back side of her head.please advice us to overcome this .
Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Hello,
Your wife is experiencing something referred to as VERTIGO. This is a feeling of movement, spinning, tumbling, or being pushed to the side. There are many potential causes.
If she is standing up to 10 min. before this actually starts to happen then, in fact, BLOOD PRESSURE problems (i.e. DROP in blood pressure) is a very real possibility.
She should be tested for what is called ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURES and perhaps, even better yet, get tested on a TILT TABLE which usually takes about 30 min. and is even a more precise way of measuring this phenomenon.
There are other potential problems including side effects or interactions of medications that she may be taking that are new within the past 4-6 weeks.
With the pain of the scalp (ALLODYNIA) she may be experiencing PSEUDOAURA symptoms to an aborted migraine headache so that another possible diagnosis may be atypical VERTIGINOUS MIGRAINE headache.
It is atypical in the sense she doesn't have vegetative symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, etc.
Otherwise, this is what the diagnosis may be as well in which case you need to consult a headache specialist or neurologist for further assistance so that proper testing and medication may be prescribed.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
Your wife is experiencing something referred to as VERTIGO. This is a feeling of movement, spinning, tumbling, or being pushed to the side. There are many potential causes.
If she is standing up to 10 min. before this actually starts to happen then, in fact, BLOOD PRESSURE problems (i.e. DROP in blood pressure) is a very real possibility.
She should be tested for what is called ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURES and perhaps, even better yet, get tested on a TILT TABLE which usually takes about 30 min. and is even a more precise way of measuring this phenomenon.
There are other potential problems including side effects or interactions of medications that she may be taking that are new within the past 4-6 weeks.
With the pain of the scalp (ALLODYNIA) she may be experiencing PSEUDOAURA symptoms to an aborted migraine headache so that another possible diagnosis may be atypical VERTIGINOUS MIGRAINE headache.
It is atypical in the sense she doesn't have vegetative symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, etc.
Otherwise, this is what the diagnosis may be as well in which case you need to consult a headache specialist or neurologist for further assistance so that proper testing and medication may be prescribed.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
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