Dizziness in the sky, suspected brain disease in this case
Feb 09, 2025
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Although it is a common symptom that is not considered much and is lightly moved on, it is one of the diseases that are difficult to diagnose or treat due to a wide variety of patterns and causative diseases. Most of them have good progress, but some may be symptoms caused by brain disease, requiring accurate diagnosis.
Many patients who visit neurology complain of dizziness. Most of them express various symptoms of dizziness.
He stumbles every time he walks', Examples include 'I feel like I'm going to die' and 'I feel like my head is dingy and heavy'
Sometimes, some patients don't know how to describe this feeling.
Yoon Young-shin, director of the Department of Neurology at Seoul's Seonam Hospital, explained, `It is most important at the interview stage to find out what kind of dizziness patients complain about.'
If you look closely at representative symptoms, first, the phenomenon of feeling 'round' is called 'Hyeon', and it feels as if the patient himself or his surroundings are moving even though they are still, and it is mainly worsened when moving the head. This symptom can be caused by problems with the equilibrium organs of the ear or the brain. This includes otolithiasis, vestibular neuropathy, and Meniere's disease.
Next, the balance disorder that stumbles when walking has no symptoms when lying or sitting, but it can be difficult to balance when waking up and walking. This can occur when there are problems with brain lesions, spinal cord lesions, or nerves in the legs.
In addition, fainting dizziness does not lose consciousness, but it can become distant as if you are about to faint, dark in front of your eyes, pale, and can break out in a cold sweat. These symptoms can be caused by heart problems, excessive blood pressure medications, and hypoglycemia. In addition to this, there are non-specific symptoms of dizziness such as a dinghy head, a feeling of floating in the air, a feeling of drowsiness, and a feeling of brain escaping, which can be caused by various causes such as mental problems and drugs.
Manager Yoon Young-shin said, `When you have a dizzy symptom, the most important issue is to determine whether it is caused by a brain problem. It can be difficult to accurately discriminate at home because it appears as a variety of symptoms due to a wide variety of causes."
Therefore, if you suddenly feel dizzy, you should see a neurologist.
Manager Yoon Young-shin emphasized, "In particular, ▲ headache (back neck pain) ▲ balance disorder ▲ consciousness change ▲ arm paralysis ▲ neurological symptoms such as speech disorder are likely to be precursors to brain disease, so you should be examined and treated without delay.".
When the symptoms are severe, moving can worsen the symptoms, so you can take medications that help relieve symptoms while stabilizing. Most dizziness disappears within a few days, but in some cases, it persists or recurs chronically, requiring treatment.
"In the case of dizziness, the cause, appearance, and degree of dizziness are different for each individual, so it is important to receive accurate diagnosis and fundamental treatment through neurologist treatment rather than relying on self-diagnosis to dismiss it lightly and leave it unattended..." said Yoon Young-shin.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
