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When should I be worried about lightheadedness and dizziness?
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.
What does dizziness and lightheaded mean?
Lightheadedness often is caused by a momentary drop in blood pressure and blood flow to your head that occurs when you get up too quickly from a seated or lying position (orthostatic hypotension). Ongoing lightheadedness may mean you have a more serious problem that needs to be evaluated.
How does lightheadedness feel?
Lightheadedness is feeling as if you might faint. Your body may feel heavy while your head feels as if it is not getting enough blood. Another way to describe lightheadedness is as a “reeling sensation.” Lightheadedness may be accompanied by clouded vision and a loss of balance.
How do you get rid of dizziness and lightheadedness?
How is lightheadedness treated?
- drinking more water.
- receiving intravenous fluids (hydration fluids given through a vein)
- eating or drinking something sugary.
- drinking fluids containing electrolytes.
- lying down or sitting to reduce the elevation of the head relative to the body.
What should I do if I feel light headed?
How you can treat dizziness yourself
- lie down until dizziness passes, then get up slowly.
- move slowly and carefully.
- get plenty of rest.
- drink plenty of fluids, especially water.
- avoid coffee, cigarettes, alcohol and drugs.
Can High BP cause lightheadedness?
In some cases, people with high blood pressure may have a pounding feeling in their head or chest, a feeling of lightheadedness or dizziness, or other signs. Without symptoms, people with high blood pressure may go years without knowing they have the condition.
What should I eat if I feel light headed?
Low blood sugar levels may cause dizziness and loss of balance. Eat slow release, low GI foods such as nuts, dried fruit, wholegrain bread, wholegrain porridge oats, celery and peanut butter. Lean Protein can help to stabilise blood sugars, eat more: skinless chicken, fish, quinoa and barley.
What to do when you are feeling dizzy, lightheaded, and tired?
Drink plenty of water throughout the day so you don’t get dehydrated. Avoid or limit drinking alcohol. When you move from a lying or seated position to standing, get up slowly. To prevent a fall or accident when you’re feeling dizzy, don’t drive or operate heavy machinery. Stay seated or in bed until the dizziness passes.
What is the difference between Dizzy and light headed?
English (US) dizzy is the feeling you get when you spin around a few times, feel disoriented and stumble. Light-headed is more like if you hang upside down for a few minutes then get up too quickly. Blood rushing from your head quickly, kind of feeling. dizzy is the feeling you get when you spin around a few times, feel disoriented and stumble.
Why do you get dizzy or lightheaded when you stand up?
Dizziness or light-headedness when standing up occurs as a result of abnormal blood pressure regulation. Normally, when people stand, gravity causes blood to pool in the veins of the legs and trunk. This pooling lowers the blood pressure and the amount of blood the heart pumps to the brain.