Treatments for Dizziness: Effective Solutions for Relief

Feeling dizzy sometimes is normal. There can be many reasons you feel dizzy. However, if it happens regularly and affects your everyday life; you need to seek medical help to get treated. Learn the?common effective treatments for dizziness?in this article. Log on to www.doralhw.org?for a consultation.

First aid and home remedies

When you feel dizzy, make sure you know what to do to get better:

1. You should sit down or lie still.
2. If you feel light-headed when you stand up, you should stand up slowly.
3. Don’t?suddenly change your position.
4. Becoming self-aware about dizziness helps you stay more aware of falls or loss of your balance, to prevent an injury. You are also able to identify the triggers that cause your dizziness and avoid them in the future.
5. Avoid bright lights.
6. If you feel dehydrated, you should drink enough fluids to stay hydrated. Dehydration can make you tired, thirsty, and urinate less which makes you feel dizzy. A 2022 study found that less water intake can increase the risk of certain vestibular disorders. That’s?why it is recommended for people to drink the recommended amount?of fluids.
7. You can use ginger to relieve motion sickness and dizziness symptoms. It may also treat nausea in pregnant women. Some older research from 2015 shows that ginger roots have a better effect on vertigo than manual repositioning like the Epley maneuver. You can consume ginger in many forms like adding ginger to your tea, food, or in hot water. You can add lemon, honey, or cinnamon to adjust the taste. You can take ginger tea to manage dizziness, nausea, and other vertigo symptoms. If you are taking ginger supplements, make sure you consult with your doctor because it can interfere with other medical conditions or the medication you take.
8. Add vitamins and minerals like vitamins C, D, E, and iron to your diet to manage problems that can make you dizzy. For instance, vitamin C can lower vertigo symptoms, if you have Meniere’s disease. Vitamin D can help you manage vestibular neuritis (VN) or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) attacks that cause vertigo, dizziness, or unsteadiness when you change your head position. Vitamin E helps to maintain blood vessel elasticity and prevent circulation problems. Iron can help you prevent anemia.
9. You can add ginkgo biloba to your diet, which is a Chinese herb popular for resolving the symptoms of vertigo. While scientists are not sure how it works, it seems like it thins the blood and improves blood flow to the brain. A 2021 review of studies found that ginkgo biloba extract works better than a placebo and betahistine, a histamine medication, in managing vertigo.
10. Acupressure works similarly to acupuncture but without using needles. It promotes wellness and relaxation. It may help to relieve vertigo by stimulating pressure points throughout the body. One common method is the P6 acupressure method which involves pressing the P6 pressure point (on your forearm, about three finger-widths from the wrist and in the middle of the forearm).

Medications and treatments

Usually, dizziness gets better with home remedies and doesn’t?need treatment. Within weeks, the body adapts to whatever is causing it. If you seek treatment, then the doctor gives treatment for the underlying cause of your condition. Mostly, medications and balance exercises are used to treat the condition. For example, migraine medicine is prescribed if you have vertigo or dizziness with migraines. Anti-anxiety medications are prescribed to lower the severity of anxiety attacks that cause dizziness.

In case no cause is found or if your dizziness persists, prescription drugs and other treatments may allow the symptoms to be more manageable.

The most common medications used to treat dizziness are:

• Water pills or diuretics:?These medications are used to treat conditions like Meniere’s disease that cause fluid buildup in the inner ear. The doctor may recommend a low-salt diet to lower the number of dizziness episodes.
• Medications to relieve dizziness and nausea:?Drugs like antihistamines and anticholinergics are used to relieve vertigo, dizziness, and nausea. However, it may cause drowsiness. There are over-the-counter antihistamines for people who develop drowsiness from prescribed drugs, however, it is less effective at treating dizziness.

Some therapies and physical exercises can help manage dizziness, including:

• Head position maneuvers:?This technique is also known as Canalith repositioning (CRP) or Epley maneuver. It helps to manage BPPV quickly and easily which makes your dizziness go away. It can be done by your doctor or a physical therapist by maneuvering the position of your head. It gets better after 1 or 2 treatments. However, make sure you tell your doctor if you have a neck or back condition, a detached retina, or blood vessel problems.
• Balance therapy:?Some specific exercises can help you balance your system and make it less sensitive to motion. This technique is called vestibular rehabilitation. It is used for people with dizziness caused by inner ear conditions such as vestibular neuritis.
• Psychotherapy:?This therapy can help people to manage dizziness when it is caused by anxiety disorders.

In some cases, surgery or other procedures are recommended:

• Injections:?Your doctor may inject the antibiotic gentamicin into the inner ear to disable balance function. So that unaffected ear takes over that function.
• Removal of the inner ear sense organ:?This procedure is called labyrinthectomy, which is rarely used. It can disable the vestibular labyrinth in the affected ear. So, the unaffected ear takes over the balance function. It is only used if you have serious hearing loss, and your dizziness doesn’t?get better with other treatments.

When to go to a doctor?

You should see your doctor if you’re?experiencing dizziness that affects your ability to work every day or doesn’t?go away or keeps coming back. It may occur due to an underlying condition that requires treatment.

Feeling dizzy sometimes is normal and everyone experiences that once in their lifetime. It can be easily manageable with the home remedies mentioned above. However, if you’re?experiencing severe or frequent dizziness that disrupts your daily life, you should talk with your doctor to find and treat the underlying cause to manage your dizziness.

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