Feeling weak, nauseous, and dizzy? Learn what you should do when experiencing these symptoms. Understand the causes, when to call a doctor, and how to manage dizziness and nausea.

Understanding Dizziness and Its Causes

Dizziness is a common problem that can range from mild to severe. During a spell of dizziness, you may feel as though you’re spinning or moving when you’re not, a sensation known as vertigo. Other symptoms of dizziness include feeling lightheaded or faint, unsteady on your feet, and woozy or heavy-headed.

The causes of dizziness can vary, but they often involve issues with the inner ear, circulatory problems, or certain medications. Some common causes of dizziness include:

• Sudden drops in blood pressure, which can happen when you stand up too quickly (orthostatic hypotension)
• Poor blood circulation, such as irregular heartbeats or a heart attack
• Inner ear problems like Meniere’s syndrome or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
• Certain medications, including antidepressants, anti-seizure drugs, tranquilizers, and sedatives
• Anxiety disorders, such as panic attacks
• Low iron levels (anemia)
• Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)

Dealing with Dizziness and Nausea

If you experience a dizzy spell, the first thing to do is sit or lie down to lower your risk of falling. If you have vertigo, it may help to lie down in a dark, quiet place with your eyes closed. Drinking water can also provide fast relief, especially if you’re dizzy due to dehydration.

Dizziness often occurs alongside nausea, and this combination can be particularly unpleasant. While nausea with dizziness is usually not serious, it’s important to tell your doctor if you experience these symptoms, especially if they occur frequently or you don’t know the cause.

When to Seek Medical Attention

You should seek medical help right away if you’re dizzy and also have any of the following symptoms:

• Chest pain or shortness of breath
• A severe headache
• A sudden change in vision, hearing, or speech
• Numbness or weakness
• A head injury
• A high fever
• Stiffness in your neck

These could be signs of a more serious underlying condition, such as a stroke or a severe infection. Don’t wait to get medical attention if you’re experiencing these concerning symptoms along with dizziness.

Preventing and Managing Dizziness

There are several steps you can take to help prevent and manage dizziness:

• Remove potential tripping hazards in your home to reduce the risk of falls
• Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco, which can worsen dizziness symptoms
• Drink enough fluids and get plenty of sleep
• Be aware of things that trigger your dizziness, such as lights, noise, and fast movement, and try to limit your exposure to them
• If you take medications, talk to your doctor about possible side effects that could be causing dizziness

If you experience frequent or persistent dizziness, make an appointment with your doctor to determine the underlying cause and get appropriate treatment.

Dizziness and Nausea in Different Populations

While dizziness and nausea can affect anyone, certain groups are more likely to experience these symptoms:

• Older adults: As we age, our balance and inner ear function can decline, making us more prone to dizziness and vertigo.
• Pregnant women: Hormonal changes and increased blood volume during pregnancy can contribute to dizziness and nausea.
• People with chronic conditions: Conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and neurological disorders can increase the risk of dizziness and related symptoms.

If you fall into one of these higher-risk groups, it’s especially important to pay attention to any persistent or severe dizziness or nausea and discuss it with your healthcare provider.

Complications and Risks of Dizziness

While dizziness itself is not usually a serious condition, it can lead to several complications and risks, including:

• Falls: Dizziness and unsteadiness can increase the risk of falls, which can result in injuries like fractures.
• Accidents: Dizziness can impair your ability to perform tasks safely, such as driving or operating machinery, leading to a higher risk of accidents.
• Anxiety and depression: Frequent or persistent dizziness can take a toll on your mental health, potentially contributing to the development of anxiety or depression.

Taking steps to prevent and manage dizziness, as well as seeking medical attention when necessary, can help reduce these risks and complications.

I’m Dizzy. What Should I Do?

Written by WebMD Editorial Contributors

• Tips for Handling a Dizzy Spell
• When Should I Call a Doctor?
• Causes of Dizziness 
• Dizziness and Nausea
• Who Is More Likely To Get Dizzy?
• Complications
• More

Dizziness is a common problem and usually isn’t serious. 

During a spell of dizziness, you may feel as though you’re spinning or moving when you’re not (that’s called vertigo). You may also feel:

• Lightheaded or faint
• Unsteady on your feet
• Woozy, as though your head is heavy or floating

Dizzy spells are different from the sudden start of dizziness, which could be a sign of stroke. Go to the ER right away. 

If you feel dizzy, sit or lie down at once. This will lower your chance of falling down. If you have vertigo, it may help to lie down in a dark, quiet place with your eyes closed.

Drinking water may also give you fast relief, especially if you’re dizzy because you’re dehydrated.

If you’ve had a series of dizzy spells, there are things you can do to make yourself safer. Here are some of them:

• Remove tripping hazards in your home, such as rugs on the floor, so that you’re less likely to fall.
• Avoid alcohol, caffeine and tobacco, which can make symptoms worse.
• Drink enough fluids and get plenty of sleep.
• Be aware of things that trigger your dizziness, such as lights, noise, and fast movement, and try to be around them less or move more slowly.

If you’ve had many bouts of dizziness or spells that last a long time, make an appointment with your doctor.

You should seek help right away if you’re dizzy and also have:

• Chest pain or shortness of breath
• A severe headache
• A sudden change in your vision or hearing, or trouble speaking
• Numbness or weakness
• A head injury
• A high fever
• Stiffness in your neck

Keeping you upright and balanced is not an easy job for the brain. It needs input from several systems to do that.

Your doctor may ask you some questions to help narrow down the cause of your problem: What were you doing before your dizziness? What did you feel like during your spell? How long did it last?

Your dizziness might be the result of a circulatory problem. These can include:

• A sudden drop in blood pressure. This can happen after you sit up or stand too quickly. You might hear your doctor or nurse call this “orthostatic hypotension.”
• Poor blood circulation. This could be the result of an irregular heartbeat or a heart attack. It could also be a brief disruption of the blood flow to your brain; that’s called a “transient ischemic attack,” or stroke.

Issues with your inner ear can also cause dizziness. Among them are:

• Meniere’s syndrome. This usually affects only one ear. Symptoms other than dizziness may include ringing in your ear, muffled hearing, nausea, or vomiting.
• Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. This is a spinning sensation brought on by moving your head.
• Ear infection. That can cause dizziness. Also, you could have something trapped in your ear canal.

Some other causes of dizziness include:

• Medicines, such as antidepressants, anti-seizure drugs, tranquilizers, and sedatives. If you take medication for high blood pressure, it might lower your blood pressure too much, leaving you feeling faint.
• Anxiety disorders. These include panic attacks.
• Low iron levels in your blood. This is also called anemia. Other signs that you are anemic include fatigue, pale skin, and weakness.
• Low blood sugar. This is also called hypoglycemia. This may be a problem if you are diabetic and use insulin. Other symptoms include sweating and anxiety.

If you get nausea along with it, it could be due to problems like vertigo, migraine, or low blood pressure.

Usually, dizziness with nausea isn’t serious. But if you have these symptoms and you don’t know what caused them, or they happen often, tell your doctor.

Vertigo. It’s the feeling that you’re spinning or moving when you’re still. A problem with the part of your inner ear that keeps your body balanced causes this symptom.

If you have vertigo, you might also have trouble keeping your balance and throw up. Vertigo sometimes goes away on its own. If not, your doctor will treat the cause of the problem. Some medicines can ease your dizziness. So can an exercise called the Epley maneuver, which involves moving your head into a different position.

If your dizziness is severe, call your doctor. You should also see them if you:

• Have an intense headache, chest pain, trouble breathing, fast heartbeat, or double vision
• Lose feeling in your arms or legs
• Get confused
• Have trouble walking
• Can’t stop throwing up
• Have seizures
• Have a fever

Alcohol Use. Drinking too much can lead to a bad case of the spins. The reason you feel dizzy is that alcohol thins your blood, which changes the balance of fluid in your inner ear. And the dizziness can make you feel nauseated. The alcohol can also irritate your stomach, which adds to the nausea.

If you’ve had too much to drink, you might also have:

• Slurred speech
• A red face
• Double vision
• Sleepiness
• Slowed reflexes

To avoid these problems, limit how much alcohol you drink. If you want to stop drinking but can’t, get help from your doctor or a program like Alcoholics Anonymous.

Get medical help right away if you (or someone you’re with) have symptoms like these after drinking alcohol:

• Trouble staying awake
• Slow breathing
• Cold, clammy, pale skin
• Confusion
• Seizures
• Throwing up over and over again

Motion Sickness. This is dizziness and nausea when you ride in a car, train, airplane, boat, or amusement park ride. Some people get it just from watching TV or a movie. The feeling happens when there is a conflict between what you see and how your body senses movement.

Motion sickness can cause:

• Throwing up
• Pale skin
• Sweating
• Headache
• Crankiness

To prevent motion sickness, ask your doctor to suggest medicines that you can take before you travel by plane, car, or boat. Don’t eat a big meal before you go, and drink lots of water along the way. Sit next to a window and look out into the distance.

Pregnancy. Morning sickness and dizziness are common early signs of pregnancy. Both symptoms are likely due to hormone changes.

Other signs that you’re pregnant are:

• Missed periods
• Tiredness
• Sore and swollen breasts
• Peeing more often than usual
• Food cravings
• Headaches

Call your doctor if you get these signs of severe nausea (hyperemesis gravidarum):

• Throwing up more than three or four times a day, or you can’t keep any food down
• Having a dry mouth and you don’t pee much
• Losing more than 5 pounds
• Belly or pelvic pain and cramping
• A fever

Throwing up too much can dehydrate you. You may need to get fluids through an IV in a hospital.

Anxiety Attack. This can happen when you’re faced with extreme stress and your body goes into fight-or-flight mode. The cause is emotional, but the symptoms are physical.

Along with dizziness and nausea, a panic attack can cause you to have:

• A fast heartbeat
• Shortness of breath
• Shaking
• Tightness in your chest
• Feeling hot or cold
• Sweating

Your panic attack should stop on its own. If you get them often, talk therapy and medication may help. An anxiety attack can feel like a heart attack. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.

Call your doctor or 911 if you:

• Suddenly feel anxious for no reason
• Still have symptoms after a few minutes
• Also have chest pain or can’t catch your breath

Low Blood Sugar. Sugar (glucose) is your body’s main source of fuel. When your blood sugar dips too low, you feel shaky, dizzy, and nauseated. Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, is common in people who take medicine for diabetes.

Other symptoms of low blood sugar are:

• Sweating
• Shaking
• Pale skin
• A headache
• Crankiness or confusion

Eat fast-acting carbs like these to raise your blood sugar:

• Fruit juice
• Soda
• Honey
• Hard candy, such as suckers or jelly beans

Once your blood sugar comes back up, eat a snack or a meal to keep it stable.

Call your doctor or 911 if your blood sugar doesn’t go up after you eat something sweet.

Migraine. This type of headache causes severe and throbbing pain, often on one side of your head. You may feel dizzy or nauseated when you get one of these headaches.

Other symptoms you might have with a migraine are:

• Spots or flashes of light called aura
• Feeling sensitive to light, sound, and smells
• Blurred vision

Your doctor can suggest medicines to prevent and treat migraine headaches.

Get medical help right away if:

• Your pain is intense, or it feels like the worst headache of your life
• You have a stiff neck, fever, seizures, double vision, weakness, or trouble speaking
• The headache started after a head injury, or when you coughed, sneezed, or strained

Heart Attack. This can happen when a clot blocks blood flow to your heart. The lack of oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood can damage your heart muscle. Dizziness and nausea can be symptoms.

This is a medical emergency that needs fast treatment. Call 911 or go to an emergency room right away if you have symptoms like:

• Pain, tightness, or pressure in your chest that may spread to your neck, jaw, or arms
• Shortness of breath
• A cold sweat
• Fatigue

Doctors treat a heart attack with medicines that break up blood clots and stop new ones from forming. Surgery may be needed to clear or bypass the blockage.

Brain Tumor. It’s rare, but dizziness and nausea may be signs of a brain tumor. Other symptoms are:

• Severe headaches
• Seizures
• Changes in your vision, hearing, or sense of smell
• Personality changes
• Loss of balance

Treatment depends on the size and type of your tumor. Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are all possible treatments.

The older you are, the greater your chance for problems with dizziness. As you age, you’re also more likely to take medications that have it as a possible side effect.

If you’ve had a dizzy spell in the past, your odds of having a problem again are increased.

The most serious complication with dizziness is falling. It may also be unsafe for you to drive or do other tasks. If your dizziness is caused by another health problem, you may face other problems if that condition goes untreated.

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Dizziness and Fatigue: 9 Possible Causes

Many different conditions can make you feel both dizzy and tired. Sometimes these symptoms are temporary, or they might come and go.

Dizziness is a word that describes the sensation of spinning while being off-balance. To explain to your doctor exactly how you feel, you can use these more specific terms:

• disequilibrium is when you feel unsteady
• lightheaded means you feel faint or woozy
• vertigo is a spinning sensation when you aren’t moving

Many different conditions can make you feel both dizzy and tired. Sometimes these symptoms are temporary, or they might come and go. If you often feel dizzy and tired, see your doctor for a diagnosis. Untreated dizziness and fatigue can cause a fall. It can also increase your risk of getting into an accident while driving.

Your body needs sugar, also known as glucose, for energy. When your blood sugar level drops, you can become dizzy, shaky, and tired.

Low blood sugar is often a side effect of insulin and other drugs used to treat diabetes. These drugs lower blood sugar, but if the dose isn’t right your blood sugar can drop too much.

You can also get hypoglycemia if you don’t have diabetes. It can occur if you haven’t eaten in a while or if you drink alcohol without eating.

Other symptoms of low blood sugar are:

• fast heartbeat
• sweating
• shaking
• hunger
• irritability
• confusion

A fast-acting source of carbohydrates can relieve low blood sugar. Drink a glass of fruit juice or suck on a hard candy. Follow that up with a more nourishing meal to raise your blood sugar levels. If you often get hypoglycemia, you might need to adjust your diabetes medicine. Or you could eat smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day. This will help keep your blood sugar level steady.

Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against blood vessel walls as it circulates through your body. When your blood pressure drops you can have symptoms like dizziness or lightheadedness, and fatigue. Other symptoms include:

• nausea
• thirst
• blurred vision
• fast and shallow breathing
• pale, clammy skin
• trouble concentrating

The following conditions can cause your blood pressure to drop:

• heart problems
• medications
• serious injury
• dehydration
• vitamin deficiencies

Treating these issues can bring your blood pressure back up to normal. Other ways to increase low blood pressure are:

• adding more salt to your diet
• drinking more water to increase your blood volume
• wearing support stockings

Red blood cells carry oxygen to all your organs and tissues. When you have anemia, your body doesn’t have enough red blood cells, or these cells don’t work well enough. A lack of oxygen can make you feel dizzy or tired.

Other signs of anemia are:

• shortness of breath
• weakness
• fast or uneven heartbeat
• headache
• cold hands or feet
• pale skin
• chest pain

Bleeding, nutrient deficiencies, and bone marrow failure are all possible causes of anemia.

Migraines are intense, throbbing headaches that last from a few hours to a few days. Along with the headache, you may experience symptoms that include:

• vision changes, such as seeing flashing lights and colors
• nausea and vomiting
• sensitivity to light and sound
• lightheadedness
• fatigue

People who get migraines can experience dizziness and vertigo, even when they don’t have a headache. The vertigo can last for a few minutes to a few hours.

Avoiding migraine triggers like alcohol, caffeine, and dairy foods is one way to prevent these headaches. You can also take migraine medicines, which come in two forms:

• Preventive medicines like antidepressants and antiseizure drugs prevent a migraine before it starts.
• Abortive medicines like NSAID pain relievers and triptans relieve migraines once they start.

Learn more: The differences between migraines and headaches »

Certain medicines can cause dizziness and fatigue as side effects. These include:

• antidepressants like fluoxetine (Prozac) and trazodone (Desyrel)
• antiseizure drugs such as divalproex (Depakote), gabapentin (Neurontin, Active-PAC with Gabapentin), and pregabalin (Lyrica)
• blood pressure lowering drugs, such as ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, and diuretics
• muscle relaxants such as cyclobenzaprine (Fexmid, Flexeril) and metaxalone (Skelaxin)
• sleeping pills such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl, Unisom, Sominex), temazepam (Restoril), eszopiclone (Lunesta), and zolpidem (Ambien)

If you’re on one of these medicines and it’s making you dizzy or tired, ask your doctor if you can lower the dose or switch to another drug.

Normally, your heart beats in a familiar “lub-dub” rhythm. When you have an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, your heart beats too slow or too fast. It might also skip beats.

Besides dizziness and fatigue, other symptoms of an arrhythmia include:

• fainting
• shortness of breath
• chest pain

Your doctor can treat heart rhythm problems with drugs like blood thinners or blood pressure medicines. Avoid substances like caffeine, alcohol, and cold medicines. These things can make your heart go out of rhythm.

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a condition that causes overwhelming tiredness, even after you’ve slept well. Symptoms of CFS include dizziness and trouble keeping your balance.

You might also have symptoms that include:

• sleep problems
• trouble remembering and concentrating
• muscle or joint pain
• headache
• allergies and sensitivities to foods, medicines, or other substances

CFS can be hard to treat because it’s different for everyone. Your doctor will treat your individual symptoms with therapies like medicine and counseling.

An infection like a cold or the flu can inflame the vestibular nerve in your inner ear. This nerve sends sensory messages to your brain to keep you upright and balanced. Swelling of the vestibular nerve can cause dizziness and vertigo. You might also feel fatigued.

Other symptoms of vestibular neuronitis include:

• nausea and vomiting
• trouble concentrating
• blurred vision

A virus usually causes vestibular neuritis. Antibiotics won’t help, but the dizziness and other symptoms should improve within a few days.

Dehydration is when your body doesn’t have enough fluid. You can become dehydrated if you don’t drink enough water. This is especially true while you’re outside in hot weather or exercising.

Symptoms of dehydration include:

• dizziness
• fatigue
• little to no urine
• confusion

To treat dehydration, drink fluids like water or an electrolyte solution like Gatorade. If you’re severely dehydrated, you may need to go to the hospital for intravenous (IV) fluids.

If you’ve had repeated episodes of dizziness and fatigue, see your doctor to find out what’s causing these symptoms. Call your doctor or go to an emergency room right away if you have more serious symptoms, such as:

• fainting or loss of consciousness
• seizures
• blurred vision or vision loss
• severe vomiting
• heart palpitations
• chest pain
• confusion
• high fever
• trouble speaking

Your outlook depends on what condition is causing your dizziness and fatigue. If you have an infection, it should get better in a few days. Migraines and CFS are chronic. But you can manage them with medicines and other treatments.

In general, here are a few things you can do to prevent dizziness and fatigue:

What to do

• 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.

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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.

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Why is dizziness during pregnancy

General weakness during pregnancy, unfortunately, is not uncommon. But the expectation of a beloved baby may be accompanied by some more unpleasant surprises, such as lightheadedness, dizziness, ringing tinnitus, weakness. Attributing any ailments to the fact that a woman is expecting a baby is quite risky. After all, any signs can be harbingers of serious diseases.

Dizziness during pregnancy is an unpleasant feeling of loss of balance, rotation of the body or surrounding objects. And a very common condition during pregnancy.

Let’s work together to understand the causes, symptoms and remedies for this state of instability.

Manifestations of weakness are not expressed unexpectedly and spontaneously – there are always “predecessors”.

Here are the main signs of loss of balance and unpleasant rotational sensations during pregnancy:

• any noise in the ears;
• increasing beating in the temples;
• unpredictable impotence;
• blurred vision – “midges” in the eyes, “floating” pattern;
• clammy sweat;
• numbness of the extremities.

The main causes of dizziness during pregnancy

Main sources:

Transformation in the circulatory system. Pregnancy is accompanied by a redistribution of blood, as a result of which the uterus begins to be actively supplied with blood. In the first trimester, these mechanisms are still not perfect, so the needs of the body are not fully met. Because of this, there is an inadequate supply of oxygen to the brain.

Decreased blood glucose levels. Dizziness often occurs due to a lack of sugar supply to the brain. Decreased glucose levels are triggered by interruptions in meals or by eating too many carbohydrates, such as sweets and pastries.

Very rapid changes in body position. Erythrocytes are the most numerous type of human blood cells. They contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen and carbon monoxide to other organs.

Expecting a child is accompanied by an increase in blood volume and a lack of red blood cells. Hence the conclusion: insufficient oxygen supply.

But the above reasons are not the only ones that serve as a source of dizziness.

Rotation of one’s own body and surrounding objects can also occur due to:

• toxicosis;
• psychosomatic diseases;
• osteochondrosis;
• hypotension;
• cardiovascular insufficiency;
• disturbances in the functioning of the vestibular apparatus;
• lesions of the inner ear;
• sclerotic changes.

In addition to medical indicators, women during their miraculous position must also monitor external environmental factors that may be the cause of ailments.

• severe stuffiness;
• being outside in the heat;
• strong odours;
• eaten dish.

Attention! Dizziness should not be ignored and attributed to pregnancy. But you shouldn’t panic either. You should sit or lie down with your head down to force blood to flow to your head, which will improve your condition. And after that, be sure to consult a doctor.

Causes of dizziness during pregnancy by trimesters

During the entire period of pregnancy, weakness has its prerequisites and its sources.

Dizziness during early pregnancy

The onset of pregnancy is often accompanied by a radical restructuring of all functional systems.

In the first weeks, dizziness can occur in any crowded room, public transport or in very poorly ventilated rooms. The whole problem of weakness is the lack of oxygen. Being in the heat for some time, severe dizziness during pregnancy occurs due to the fact that the vessels dilate from overheating, the blood pressure drops, and again the brain suffers from a lack of oxygen.

From the very beginning of a new life, the female body produces hormones that reduce blood pressure. This phenomenon can provoke either the appearance of dizziness, or increase the number of its occurrences.

Conclusion: at first, the main cause of weakness and spinning in the head is a violation in the work of the female body. Pregnant women will individually respond to the changes that occur in them, but few will be deprived of some of the “charms” of their condition: nausea, toxicosis and dizziness.

Of course, special treatment or medical assistance may not be needed, but in case of any deviations, the gynecologist accompanying the woman in her special mission should be informed about the dizziness that occurs. This is especially true in cases where everything is still accompanied by side effects: bleeding, weakness, discharge – such symptoms can be with an ectopic pregnancy or the threat of miscarriage.

We repeat: consult a doctor in advance, which can save the life of not only the baby, but also the expectant mother.

Dizziness during pregnancy in the second trimester, if the woman has no health problems, occurs when the woman remains motionless for a long time. If the expectant mother leads a sedentary lifestyle, then the probability of worsening blood circulation is very high. In such cases, even attempts at sudden movements will lead not only to dizziness, but even weakness and darkening of the eyes.

The most serious factor of spinning in the head in the second trimester of pregnancy is the lack of oxygen in the brain of the expectant mother. Every day the fetus develops, becomes larger, while the uterus also increases. The body, following special needs, sends 30% of the circulating blood to the uterus. It is clear that other organs begin to feel a lack of not only oxygen, but also nutrients. After all, all this is carried by the bloodstream, which has decreased. The result is dizziness, nausea and darkening of the eyes with a sharp rise.

Anemia is often diagnosed. This condition is characterized by a decrease in the level of hemoglobin, which is responsible for transporting oxygen to organs and tissues, and, accordingly, the number of red blood cells decreases. Its main danger is in serious consequences for the fetus and mother. Companions of this condition are fatigue, dry skin and, again, dizziness.

This is a very rare complication of pregnancy. The following factors influence: overweight; age over 30 years; diabetes in one of the relatives; polycystic ovaries; pregnancy with twins or triplets.

What threatens this diagnosis? There may be premature birth, stillbirth, or the baby will be large, which will cause difficulties in childbirth. To diagnose diabetes, pregnant women take blood and urine tests for sugar at each scheduled visit to the gynecologist.

The main condition, if a pregnant woman is diagnosed with diabetes, should maintain the glucose level within the normal range. Otherwise, mother and baby find themselves in very difficult conditions. Sometimes a blood test “shows” hypoglycemia – low blood sugar. Women should understand that it is impossible to take long breaks in eating during pregnancy, and even more so “go on a diet for weight loss”.

Monitor your blood counts closely and follow your doctor’s advice.

Dizziness during late pregnancy

In the last weeks before childbirth, the head may be disturbed due to a sufficiently long stay of the pregnant woman in a horizontal position. The uterus, enlarged several times, compresses large blood vessels, disorganizing the general blood flow. Therefore, doctors recommend that women in the third trimester rest on their side.

Also, you should not be standing for a long time: in lines, on walks or in rooms. All the blood begins to flow to the lower part of the female body, which leads to a lack of oxygen in the brain.

It should not be forgotten that nausea and dizziness during pregnancy in anticipation of a miracle birth come from a sharp decrease in blood glucose. Causes: infrequent meals, the use of sweets, or with severe vomiting during late toxicosis. When a pregnant woman eats a lot of simple carbohydrates, the glucose level increases, active insulin synthesis begins, and a sharp decrease in sugar levels. And all these processes cause dizziness.

It must be understood that blurred vision from reckless turns and rises is not always a sign of dizziness, rather it precedes fainting. Blood simply does not have time to get to the brain when a woman makes rash actions, this phenomenon is especially enhanced by an increase in blood volume during pregnancy.

In the last trimester, women often complain of dizziness during pregnancy to their relatives and doctors. The truth is that the female body is preparing for the upcoming birth, all the blood flows down, and the brain begins to suffer from a lack of oxygen.

Regular dizziness is a great reason to see a doctor. It happens that during pregnancy, old, forgotten diseases become aggravated or new ones appear, so watch your health during this period with special care. Pay great attention to the well-being of the baby. Be examined in time, take vitamins, go to consultations, and then everything will be in order.

Treatment of dizziness is required in the following cases:

• Iron deficiency. In this case, doctors prescribe not only medical treatment in the form of iron-containing preparations, but also advise you to review the diet, which will allow you to resume the lack of the desired element in the body. Here is a list of some of the foods that doctors recommend adding to the menu are veal, legumes, seaweed, dill, garlic, beets, pumpkin seeds, and more.
• Low pressure. Doctors regulate blood pressure with either medications or foods such as tea or mild coffee.
• Dysfunction of the cardiovascular system. In order for pregnant women to improve their condition, it is recommended to use sedatives, such as valerian.
• Blood glucose disorders. The main thing to know is regular nutrition. Sweets – to limit, to starve – it is forbidden.

What to do when you suffer from nausea and dizziness during pregnancy?

• Lie down with your feet elevated
• Sit down and lower your head as low as possible. After sitting for a while, slowly drink a glass of water.
• Sweet tea is good for low blood pressure.

Prevention of dizziness during pregnancy

• Walk and walk again. Especially if there is a forest plantation or a park near the house.
• Avoid sudden movements.
• Moderate exercise is very beneficial. For example, do yoga for pregnant women.
• Change your body position frequently.
• Avoid unventilated areas.
• Inhale essential oils of peppermint, geranium or eucalyptus.
• Take a contrast shower.
• There are many fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as dried fruits and other healthy foods.

Pre-syncope symptom cause

Pre-syncope symptom: dizziness, unsteadiness when walking, unsteadiness with sudden movements, weakness, drowsiness, loss of consciousness, low blood pressure, inability to concentrate, veil before the eyes, nausea .

Pre-syncope cause

A general feeling of weakness is a very common symptom in autonomic nervous disorder. The feeling of weakness can be chronic (chronic fatigue syndrome) or appear suddenly during everyday physical and psycho-emotional stress. A person suddenly experiences instability, dizziness, nausea and other symptoms of a vegetative disorder, depending on the degree of neglect. This happens because the autonomic nervous system experiences difficulties in functioning and hardly adapts the body to the slightest load.

Pre-syncope: Case reports

Woman, 22, HR manager.

In 2011 a young lady contacted us. During an insignificant psycho-emotional load, she often experienced a fainting state, general weakness, and a state of drowsiness. There was a feeling that “I was about to faint”, but she never completely lost consciousness.

With a slight physical exertion (rose to her feet, turned the body of the body), instability and dizziness also occurred, a feeling of pre-consciousness. I felt like “blood was leaving my head and going down my legs. ” Looking for something to support. I had to control my every movement while walking.

The patient also complained of an unreasonable increase in heart rate and sleep disturbance: from time to time she could not fall asleep for a long time at night for no apparent reason.

At first, the patient associated the symptoms of the disease with a drop in blood pressure, but it, as a rule, turned out to be normal or even elevated. The condition of the vessels was also normal.

It is obvious that the vegetative nervous system, being in a “loose” state, did not adapt the processes occurring in the body to minimal physical exertion and, moreover, to more complex psycho-emotional stressful situations. The vegetative part of the nervous system did not rebuild the vessels instantly and worked at a slow pace. Therefore, such a pathological condition arose.

After one course of treatment, the girl felt much better and did not need re-treatment.

Woman, 42 years old, translator.

The patient has a history of episodes of feeling dizzy, nausea and pre-syncope since adolescence. Rare fainting occurred during schooling, and after a long break, repeated at 22 and 23 years of age against the backdrop of stressful situations.

A woman contacted us in 2011. Since 2008, she has been complaining of general poor health due to psycho-emotional stress. She experienced a feeling of unsteadiness when walking, dizziness and heaviness in her head.

A few months later, the condition began to gradually worsen: there was tinnitus, at times vision deteriorated: there was a “veil” before the eyes, a feeling of loss of consciousness arose, waves of heat or cold rolled over. Approximately 1 time per month, the condition worsened sharply: the feeling of nausea reached vomiting.

The woman drew attention to the dependence of her condition on changes in weather factors (meteorological dependence), as well as on being in a stuffy room.

The patient underwent two full courses of treatment at the Center for Autonomic Neurology. After the first course, she noted a 70% improvement in her condition. Conducting a second course eliminated all remaining complaints.

Other symptoms of VSD

Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing

Strong heartbeat, rapid pulse

Trembling in the body, shaking hands

Sweating, perspiration, heavy sweat

Stomach pain, burning in the abdomen

Heaviness in the head, headache

Muscle tone, neck muscle spasm

Urinary incontinence

Fear, anxiety

Intestinal discomfort, diarrhea

Blurred vision

Sleep disorder, insomnia, drowsiness awn

Subfebrile temperature

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Weather sensitivity

Myths and truth about VSD

— Put yourself in the shoes of a doctor. The patient’s tests are fine. All kinds of examinations from ultrasound to MRI show the norm. And the patient comes to you every week and complains that he feels bad, has nothing to breathe, his heart is pounding, sweat is pouring down, that he constantly calls an ambulance, etc.