As a retired broadcast, audio and industrial R&D electronics engineer, I would say doubtful, very doubtful.
There are countless threads all over the internet about electronic interference causing human problems. The odds of one being true are just above zero.
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Yes, fair enough Speedskater. And credible research (into phones and towers) comes up with conflicting conclusions.
The action potentials within the cochlea (I just looked this up!) are as tiny as 10 microvolts - and that’s from an 80dB sound at the eardrum.
My amplifier input sensitivity would be more like one millivolt - and it receives (and effectively demodulates) the Bluetooth buzz loud and clear! Probably not an actual health hazard, but I’m sticking to my tinfoil!
I have had similar symptoms and found that my issue was stomach related. Took prescribed capsules to control stomach acid for a month and then switched to decaf coffee (and reduced intake to just one cup a day). Occasionally get a reoccurrence but after a week or so on the acid reducing stomach capsules problem soon passes.
Hope you manage to find a resolution soon as I know how worrying it is.
Interesting. I haven’t heard of acid reducing stomach capsules would they be for acid reflux? If so, I take a capsule once a day for heartburn, acid reflux. I will have to switch to decaf too because too much caffeine causes dehydration.
To answer your initial question: YES, see an ENT doctor who sees patients with inner ear problems. Some ENTs are interested in doing sinus surgery or plastic surgery, (ie. rhinoplasties.) See an ENT who is interested in otology.
Thank you, I will proceed with this ongoning problem hoping to find an answer.
If you’re a lady in the age range mid-30s to mid-late 40s, consider asking your physician to do some oestrogen-related tests.
If not, ignore my comment…
Trying to figure out the cause of dizziness is a difficult one.
When do these episodes happen?
When you stand up?
When your walking?
When your sitting?
After you turn your head quickly to the side?
When you lay down?
When you roll over in bed?
When these episodes happen to you have involuntary eye movement?
I’ve suffered from low Blood Pressure all my life. Sadly nothing much can be done other than keep yourself well hydrated.
Since getting my CI I’ve developed BPPV, which is a true pain in the butt. I roll over in bed it wakes me up. Then I’m doing exercises in the middle of the night.
Yes, it’s use covers indigestion, heartburn and acid reflux as well as stomach ulcers.
Cutting out the caffeine in coffee has had a noticeable impact on my general well-being.
May need to “realign your crystals”. I had recent acute BPPVertigo episode & was mostly in bed for a couple of days with a couple of vomitings. Dramamine OTC cleared up the nausea & worst dizziness. You tube has some decent edu on Epley maneuvers to get the crystals relocated. My walking was woozy for a couple weeks & I just was cautious plus found an empty parking lot to do heel-to-toe straight line practice, etc. Only reason I get for the crystals wandering out is “old age”, but now I know how to manage if they escape.
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Forgot a link to get you started: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/11858-benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv
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Get your blood pressure checked. It could be that foods trigger HIGHER or LOWER blood pressure. That will make you dizzy off and on, too.
They tried the “realign your crystals” thing on my wife. It helped a bit, but it kept happening. Eventually an MRI showed a schwannoma tumor on her vestibular nerve. That side now has essentially zero balance function. This is a rare problem, but it’s nasty. Her tumor is inoperable as attempting to remove it would likely make her deaf and not restore balance.
That is scary and so sorry for her. Did she have dizziness and lightheadedness as I described or differently. What were her symptoms? I’m just asking for my information trying to get to the root of my problem.
I am so sorry to hear about your wife’s inoperable tumor on her vestibular nerve. We sure get to learn about a lot of medical problems as we age.
In my experience with Ménière’s, it was beyond dizziness and into several hours of bed ridden vertigo, per attack. Then, I was ok until the next one. This was true even at the beginning of symptoms.
Especially with decent insurance, I’d see an ENT, along with the other good specialist suggestions in here. GL. Dizziness sucks.
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What sort of dizziness?
BPPV, which is common, tends to cause spinning dizziness when you turn your head in a particular direction, it lasts seconds to minutes but then settles if you are still. It can also cause a more generalized floaty feeling. Most common movement to elicit it is up and back to the right, or laying down/rolling over in bed. It’s pretty easy to treat and depending where you are you’d want to see an audiologist or a physiotherapist.
Edit: Are these guys near you, for example? Services | Gold Country Hearing | Lodi, CA
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No, not close. But, thank you for this information. I’m seeing an ENT soon. Your description is not what I’m experiecing. I do have dizziness in bed rolling over. A nausa feeling comes up in my chest then I hear a noise in my head or ears and I become dizzy to the point of fainting, but I don’t.
I am not à doctor but have some knowledge. I noticed you mentioned you are drinking a lot of water. Your problem may be simply a lack of electrolytes. electrolytes are minerals. People drinking lots of water daily and becoming I’ll from it is increasingly common. You might want to get a good multi mineral supplement and start taking it.
Another thing to consider and I do not want to scare you is people who are developing diabetes or kidney disease tend to first start drinking lots of water You should have your doctor check for either of these conditions
But I do also urge you to consider a good daily multi mineral.
This could still just be BPPV. Sometimes the sense of unbalance isn’t experienced as a full spin, but definitely it can cause nausea. If it only lasts seconds to minutes and then passes, that’s very suggestive of BPPV.
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