I’ve experienced dizzy spells along with lightheadedness for months now. Would this be caused by something in my inner ear? I don’t seem to have any infection and the doctor didn’t think seeing an ENT would help.
I’m at a loss as what is causing this.
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Could be cardiac-related.
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My lab test came out fine. EKG fine. Nothing seems to be out of the norm. Hum! I’m drinking water all day, but that doesn’t seem to help.
If you feel your Dr. might be missing something, then another opinion from a ENT might be just what you need.
Are you physically active? Eating well? Overweight? If the answers are no, no, yes - those might be things to work on.
What does your doctor suggest? Ear stuff tends to result in vertigo (room seems like it’s spinning) If it’s vertigo, Physical Therapy can be helpful. If that doesn’t seem to be the case and your physician doesn’t have any ideas, I’d ask to see neurology.
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Did your doctor suggest any action or investigation?
ENT and cardiologist make sense. Trust your gut on this one, I wouldn’t let it go.
It could also be a sensitivity or allergy. My father, who was very hard of hearing, had vertigo spells, where he had to lie down. The good news is that he found the correctable cause. The bad news is that he was sensitive to chocolate, and that was the cause.
She just told me I was dehydrated and to drink lot’s of water which I’m doing. The spells come and go. Caffeine and alcohol does trigger spells, but not completely gone, so I’m off of that. But, still I’m wondering if it’s to do with my hearing loss. Yes, I will trust my gut on this one.
From my experience as a cardiac patient: Blood tests and an EKG aren’t enough to rule out cardiovascular issues when you have unexplained symptoms that could be cardiovascular. A cardiologist might order a couple of non-invasive tests: an echocardiogram, with or without stress test, and a heart monitor that you’d wear for a few days.
You may want to consult a neurologist. He may want to do an MRI or CT scan to rule out some form of brain issue.
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When I was seeing physical therapy for recovery from surgery last year there were playing cards affixed to the hall walls. They were there for vertigo treatment. Might be something to check out if nothing else is discovered.
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See an ENT specialist. Could be early symptoms of Menieres. I doubt it’s heart related only because I have been a heart patient for 30 yrs now but I’ve never had and vertigo because of it until my Menieres hit. Any new medications recently introduced? Could be an interaction between them. Dehydration is far more dangerous that people give it credit for. I have to force myself to stay hydrated.
Lots of different types and causes.
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Many ENT’s aren’t interested or knowledgeable. I saw 3 ENT’s before seeing an ENT-otolaryngologist that found my problem.
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Thank you Speedskater and everyone here who responded, thank you.
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No medications. I appreciate your thoughts on dehydration.
Interesting about chocolate sensitivity.
No other than drink lots of water. I will see her in August, so with all your suggestions here I will have something to bring up.
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As someone who had POTS for years and was misdiagnosed, you can easily check for issues with your heart rate or your blood pressure at home. Get a spo2 finger reader at the local pharmacy, and get a blood pressure cuff reader. The kind that goes on your arm are more accurate. Read the manuals and understand how to improve accuracy with these tools before proceeding.
Take a few readings with both while you are sitting comfortably after resting quietly with feet uncrossed and not talking. Rest your arm at heart level with a pillow. Average the readings.
Stand up. Immediately monitor your spo2 , and heart rate. Take a BP reading.
Continue to stand in place. Take readings every two minutes for ten minutes.
If your spo2 dips a lot, you need a cardiologist. If your heart rate dips or increases a lot, and stays increased or decreased by 30 or more points, you need a cardiologist, if your blood pressure drops significantly or rises significantly and does not stabilize after ten minutes, you need a cardiologist.
This is the poor man’s tilt table test.
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Professionals of all kinds will query this… but… when my basic old Phonaks were changed for their later Bluetooth model, M70, I became dizzy.
Perhaps this was the always-on 2 gigahertz signal? A few folk report similar on Google. Others think it may be the subtle change in acoustic environment.
The RF power is tiny, but very near the cochlea, and on all day. It is strong enough to induce digital buzzing if held close to the input of a sensitive audio amplifier, though much less than a mobile phone similarly applied.
I play safe: aluminium foil glued to the head-side of the instruments. No more dizziness, but of course there may be other explanations. Just saying, as they say. Eh?
IMO most primary care doctors are worthless when it comes to these tpyes of things. Drink water and come back in three months, seriously? Find a good neurologist and make an appointment. I assume you aren’t driving?
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