Suggest cure for dizziness while getting up or bending down
Patient: I fell in the shower heavily landed on my bottom. I was stunt shocked and could not do anything or speak for good five minutes. I managed to crawl and kneel with terrible pain and gradually managed to stand up. This happened about two months ago. One xray did not revealed anything and still waiting for the 2nd rray results. I have been taking codamol and recently experienced dizziness when getting up or bend down to tie laces etc. Please advice me for I would be most grateful Joe Doctor: Hi,Thanks for writing in.Since you had a fall in the shower two months back, it is important to evaluate your problems in detail. The fact that you landed heavily on your bottom and were unreponsive for 5 minutes shows that the fall was of a moderate degree. If you are experiencing a dizziness even after two months means that your complete neurological examination is required. The dizziness that you experience is due to either something in the inner ear or in the brain itself. X ray as such is a less detailed investigation and I recommend that you consult the neurologist and get a CT scan brain or MRI scan brain done to make sure that it is not a serious condition in the brain which has remained since your fall two months back. Once it is sure that you do not have any serious concern in the brain then your inner ear needs to be tested for balance mechanism. This can happen due to labrynthitis or vertigo and medications are available to treat it after confirming the diagnosis.