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ENT DOCTOR BLOG
Posts for: February, 2015
A persistent feeling of dizziness can be alarming, but its causes are usually identified and treated easily.
Dr. William Bond commonly hears concerns about dizziness, that feeling of being lightheaded or unsteady, from his patients. In fact, it is one of the most common symptoms that people feel warrant a trip to the doctor's office. Though it may seem like a distressing neurological symptom, modern testing and advancements in medicine at your District of Columbia otolaryngologist's can usually identify the reasons behind dizziness and treat it accordingly.
Dizziness 101
True dizziness is the feeling a person gets before fainting. People can sometimes use the term "dizzy" to describe two other distinct feelings: vertigo and disequilibrium. Vertigo produces a spinning sensation, while disequilibrium gives the impression of imbalance or unsteadiness. Oftentimes these feelings are accompanied by other symptoms, such as nausea, hearing loss or ringing in the ears, and pressure or feeling of fullness in the head. Dizziness, therefore, has become a catch-all term to describe these uncomfortable sensations.
Why dizziness happens
Many times, dizziness is due to a problem within the inner ear. This portion of your ear is constantly relaying messages to the brain about your movement and orientation. When it malfunctions, however, the brain cannot interpret the messages and that feeling of spinning or clumsiness occurs.
Inner ear problems can commonly occur as a result of an ear infection, side effects from antibiotics, a benign tumor, or a condition called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV, in which tiny crystals inside the ear become displaced. All of these problems can easily be diagnosed and treated at an otolaryngologist's office.
Less likely causes for dizziness might be dehydration, heart-related issues or a problem within central nervous system, so it is imperative that you make an appointment with your Washington ENT if you are experiencing frequent episodes of dizziness.
