Dizziness

Lightheadedness, Vertigo, Unsteadiness, Dysequilibrium, Wooziness.

Root Cause of Disease

Dizziness is a term used to describe a range of sensations, such as feeling faint, woozy, weak or unsteady. Dizziness that creates the false sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving is called vertigo. Dizziness is one of the more common reasons adults visit their doctors. Frequent dizzy spells or constant dizziness can significantly affect your life. But dizziness rarely signals a life-threatening condition.

Symptoms

People experiencing dizziness may describe it as any of a number of sensations, such as:

• A false sense of motion or spinning (vertigo)
• Lightheadedness or feeling faint
• Unsteadiness or a loss of balance
• A feeling of floating, dizziness or heavy-headedness

These feelings may be triggered or worsened by walking, standing up or moving your head. Your dizziness may be accompanied by nausea or be so sudden or severe that you need to sit or lie down. The episode may last seconds or days and may recur.

Generally, see your doctor if you experience any recurrent, sudden, severe, or prolonged and unexplained dizziness or vertigo. Get emergency medical care if you experience new, severe dizziness or vertigo along with any of the following:

• Sudden, severe headache
• Chest pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Numbness or paralysis of arms or legs
• Fainting
• Double vision
• Rapid or irregular heartbeat
• Confusion or slurred speech
• Stumbling or difficulty walking
• Ongoing vomiting
• Seizures
• A sudden change in hearing
• Facial numbness or weakness

Causes

Dizziness has many possible causes, including inner ear disturbance, motion sickness and medication effects. Sometimes it’s caused by an underlying health condition, such as poor circulation, infection or injury. The way dizziness makes you feel and your triggers provide clues for possible causes. How long the dizziness lasts and any other symptoms you have also help pinpoint the cause.

Inner ear problems that cause dizziness (vertigo)

Your sense of balance depends on the combined input from the various parts of your sensory system. These include your:

• Eyes, which help you determine where your body is in space and how it’s moving
• Sensory nerves, which send messages to your brain about body movements and positions
• Inner ear, which houses sensors that help detect gravity and back-and-forth motion. Vertigo is the false sense that your surroundings are spinning or moving. With inner ear disorders, your brain receives signals from the inner ear that aren’t consistent with what your eyes and sensory nerves are receiving. Vertigo is what results as your brain works to sort out the confusion.

• Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV):This condition causes an intense and brief but false sense that you’re spinning or moving. These episodes are triggered by a rapid change in head movement, such as when you turn over in bed, sit up or experience a blow to the head. BPPV is the most common cause of vertigo.
• Infection: A viral infection of the vestibular nerve, called vestibular neuritis, can cause intense, constant vertigo. If you also have sudden hearing loss, you may have labyrinthitis.
• Meniere’s disease: This disease involves the excessive buildup of fluid in your inner ear. It’s characterized by sudden episodes of vertigo lasting as long as several hours. You may also experience fluctuating hearing loss, ringing in the ear and the feeling of a plugged ear.
• Migraine: People who experience migraines may have episodes of vertigo or other types of dizziness even when they’re not having a severe headache. Such vertigo episodes can last minutes to hours and may be associated with headache as well as light and noise sensitivity.

Circulation problems that cause dizziness

You may feel dizzy, faint or off balance if your heart isn’t pumping enough blood to your brain. Causes include:

• Drop in blood pressure: A dramatic drop in your systolic blood pressure — the higher number in your blood pressure reading — may result in brief lightheadedness or a feeling of faintness. It can occur after sitting up or standing too quickly. This condition is also called orthostatic hypotension.
• Poor blood circulation: Conditions such as cardiomyopathy, heart attack, heart arrhythmia and transient ischemic attack could cause dizziness. And a decrease in blood volume may cause inadequate blood flow to your brain or inner ear.

Other causes of dizziness

• Neurological conditions: Some neurological disorders — such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis — can lead to progressive loss of balance.
• Medications: Dizziness can be a side effect of certain medications — such as anti-seizure drugs, antidepressants, sedatives and tranquilizers. In particular, blood pressure lowering medications may cause faintness if they lower your blood pressure too much.
• Anxiety disorders: Certain anxiety disorders may cause lightheadedness or a woozy feeling often referred to as dizziness. These include panic attacks and a fear of leaving home or being in large, open spaces (agoraphobia).
• Low iron levels (anemia): Other signs and symptoms that may occur along with dizziness if you have anemia include fatigue, weakness and pale skin.
• Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia): This condition generally occurs in people with diabetes who use insulin. Dizziness (lightheadedness) may be accompanied by sweating and anxiety.
• Carbon monoxide poisoning: Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are often described as “flu-like” and include headache, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting, chest pain and confusion.
• Overheating and dehydration: If you’re active in hot weather or if you don’t drink enough fluids, you may feel dizzy from overheating (hyperthermia) or from dehydration. This is especially true if you take certain heart medications.

Home remedies to treat Dizziness:

Remedy-1 : Ginger Tea

Materials: Ginger, Water, Honey

It is one of the easiest available and best home remedies for dizziness and it is more effective than the medications. At the time of dizziness, you can chew raw ginger or drink ginger tea which can help in curing the dizziness. Ginger helps in proper blood circulation throughout the body, which helps in decreasing the symptoms of dizziness.

Procedure:

1. Thinly slice your fresh ginger.
2. In a saucepan, combine the ginger with fresh water. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat.
3. Simmer for five minutes . Pour the tea through a fine sieve to catch all of the ginger. If desired, serve your tea with a thin round of lemon or a tablespoon of honey.

Product Link: Ginger

Remedy – 2:Almonds

Almonds are a rich source of Vitamin A, E, and omega 3 fatty acids which keeps the brain healthy. Eat almonds to get rid of dizziness.

Product Link: Almonds

Remedy – 3: Lemon Juice

Materials : Lemon, sugar, salt, water.

Drinking lemon juice helps to maintain the energy level and lower dizziness, as lemon is rich in Vitamin C and has helped in decreasing dizziness. Vitamin-rich foods like berries, tomatoes, and green vegetables should be a part of your diet.

Procedure:

1. Firstly take lemon and cut it into two equal halves.
2. With the help of a squeezer, squeeze the lemon juice into a glass from each half.
3. Now add sugar, salt and water.
4. Stir it properly until the sugar and salt dissolve.
5. Lemon juice is ready to be served.

Product Link: Lemon Water

Remedy- 4: Honey

Materials: Honey, Water, Lemon

It has natural sugars which can prevent dizziness and also it can boost the energy in your body. One of the most common causes of dizziness is low blood sugar. When you consume honey, you have stable levels of your blood sugar.

Procedure:

In a glass of warm water you should add one tablespoon of lemon juice and one tablespoon of honey.  You should drink it as soon as possible. In this way you will get a quick relief from the dizziness. 

Also, there is another dizziness home remedy which you can make. You will need to mix one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey. You should take it once per day, every morning.

Remedy- 5: Gingko Biloba

This herb can be very effective natural remedy for dizziness. It can help you to improve the blood flow in your brain. Also, it can prevent dizziness, or it can stop it. Also, if you have tinnitus, then you should use Ginkgo Biloba as your natural remedy. This condition is often cause for dizziness so this herb will work perfect for you. You can find it easily in markets. It has many forms such as liquid extract, tablet form, and dried leaf form. 

Preventions

• Avoid using caffeine, alcohol, salt and tobacco. Excessive use of these substances can worsen your signs and symptoms.
• Drink enough fluids, eat a healthy diet, get enough sleep and avoid stress.
• If your dizziness is caused by a medication, talk with your doctor about discontinuing it or lowering the dose.