dizziness

Dangers of heat

...ise.// Symptoms include thirst, headache, pallor, dizziness and possibly nausea or vomiting. In severe cases, the heart rate increases and the sufferer may feel disoriented. Heatstroke or sunstroke occurs when the body's thermoregulatory system stops working and body temperature rises to approximately 42C. ...

A Drug That Might Relieve Chronic Cough

...g was 68 percent. Only five patients complained of dizziness and drowsiness as side effects, and no permanent side effects of the drug were noted. Researchers conclude saying the use of this drug is a new treatment strategy that appears to be effective in treating this difficult patient population who can not...

Effective Pain Relief For Patients Suffering From Multiple Sclerosis

...f the patients was not affected. Adverse effects, dizziness being the most common, were more frequent with dronabinol than with placebo. Acute or chronic pain, including musculoskeletal pain, pain associated with spasms and central pain, occur in 30 percent to 80 percent of patients with multiple sclerosis. H...

The Use Of Steroids for Dizziness Questioned

Vestibular neuritis causes dizziness due to a viral infection of the vestibular nerve. A person who has dizziness, imbalance and nausea could be diagnosed with vestibular neuritis. A new study shows steroids could be the key to the treatment of vestibular neuritis. // Researchers cond...

Hypertension Drug of Choice for African Americans

...vents were: headache (5.6% vs 4.1%, respectively); dizziness (3.6% vs 0%, respectively); arthralgia (3.6% vs 2.0%, respectively); diarrhea (3.2% vs 2.0%, respectively); fatigue (2.8% vs 0%, respectively); nasopharyngitis (2.4% vs 0%, respectively); and urinary tract infections (2.4% vs 0%, respectively). Nebi...

How balanced are you? Need Help!!!

... dizziness, imbalance and visual disturbance. This dizziness could indicate damage to the inner ear of both ears that results in bilateral vestibular loss. Worn on the belt, it contains sensors that detect when the person sways outside a vertical "safe zone". A computer then converts that information into mu...

Negative Effects Of Sedatives

... sounder sleep could suffer from side effects like dizziness or loss of balance, a study says//. Such people c...r total sleep time, were reported, effects such as dizziness or loss of balance were reported in 13 studies done on 1,016 participants. Seven cases led to seri...

Tendency To Smoke and Get Addicted Could Run In Families!

...rs quickly take to smoking, overcoming the initial dizziness and nausea, arising out of nicotine toxicity. Previously, Oxford University researchers had identified a variant of the gene, DRD2 32806, found to play a significant role in smoking addiction. The gene was found to control dopamine, a chemical that...

Diuretics may decrease electrolytes level

... potassium which could lead to low blood pressure, dizziness and abnormalities in heart rhythm which researchers feel can be controlled by optimizing the dosage of diuretics required and prescribing low levels of thiazide diuretics which may not lead to decrease in electrolytes levels. ...

Need More And Better Drugs To Tackle Stoke

...ne or both eyes, difficulty in walking, feeling of dizziness and severe headache with no reason are the warning symptoms of stroke. The American Heart Association, its subsidiary the American Stroke Association, and the National Stroke Association are educating the public about the seriousness and how lives ca...

Diabetes, The Silent Killer of New Zealand

...inks, frequent visits to the bathroom and bouts of dizziness she had been fine. She was surprised to be rushed to the hospital, following a visit to her GP. The blood tests revealed that her blood sugar levels had reached an alarmingly high level, putting her at increased risk of dehydration, confusion and com...

Health Canada Warns Against Excessive Consumption Of Lobster Tomalleys

... tingling and numbing of the arms legs, headaches, dizziness and nausea. They went on to state that in rare cases it could even cause paralysis, respiratory difficulty or even death. Health Canada is recommending that adults should consume the tomalley of no more than two lobsters a day. For children, it's o...

Precautious Measure Help Tolerate Nausea In Patients

...s of nausea and motion sickness, including warmth, dizziness and drowsiness. Based on the reported severity of symptoms, a score was calculated for each participant. In addition, three electrodes placed on the surface of their abdomens detected the presence of any of the abnormal stomach activity that typicall...

Gabapentin Reduced Menopausal Symptoms as Estrogen – Study Find

...ook gabapentin complained more often of headaches, dizziness or disorientation. Researchers believe that slowly ramping up the medication and taking it with meals can alleviate the side effects. Source: Eurekaert...

Alpha-blockers call for modification in cataract surgery

...ly from the use of Flomax, since it does not cause dizziness even if the patient gets up too quickly....

Awareness about anaphylaxis crucial to prevent fatalities

...ts of the body; cramping and vomiting or diarrhea; dizziness and fainting or loss of consciousness; and even wheezing or breathing difficulty. Details on handling emergencies are available at www.acaai.org/public/...

Drug Improves Memory Loss for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

...usea, upper respiratory tract infection, headache, dizziness and vomiting, each of which was reported in at least 10% of patients in the rivastigmine group. Over five million people in the United States are currently living with a disability related to traumatic brain injury. Source-NewswiseBR>SRM...

Coughing Could Help Heart Attack Victims

...were taught how to recognise the symptoms - sudden dizziness and weakness, shortness of breath, sudden sweating and blurred vision - and then taught the proper coughing technique. The patients used the cough in 365 instances where they thought they were about to faint. The symptoms disappeared in 292 cases a...

Lack of Evidence on Treatment for Narrowed Kidney Arteries

...nhibitors, beta blockers, and hydralazine) include dizziness when standing, problems with the digestive or nervous systems, and Raynaud’s syndrome, which restricts blood flow to the fingers and toes. Source-Newswse SRM...

Sudden Death Isn’t Always So Sudde

...pain, shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting, and dizziness were the most common heralds of an impending cardiac arrest. Some people began to experience these hours before the arrest. In 90% of the cases, symptoms lasted for at least five minutes. Only 25% of the victims had truly out-of-the-blue arrests that...

Filipinos Hospitalized After Inhaling Toxic Fumes

... The victims vomited and complained of chest pain, dizziness and nausea. Aquilates said police have arrested the driver of a tanker and his helper suspected of dumping the foul-smelling chemical, believed to be used for cleaning liquefied petroleum gas tanks. "The two suspects will be charged for violating...

New Drug Offers Promise as Single Treatment for HIV

...e authors write. Side effects such as headache and dizziness occurred, but there were no major adverse effects. Although major advances have been made in drug treatment of HIV, new treatments are still needed for several reasons. Current approaches require complex combinations of drugs, with many short- and ...

NYC Trains Delayed Due to Fainting Dieters

...n Authority, Sick subway passengers who faint from dizziness due to excessive dieting are among the top// causes, after the track works and signal problems, for the delay in US subway. Asim Nelson, a transit emergency medical technician said that Subway-Disruptions Analysis of MTA statistics, taken between ...

Experts Warn Against Raw Milk Following Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Kenya

...us usually experience fever, weakness, joint pain, dizziness and an extreme weight loss. Typically, patients recover within two days to one week after the onset of illness, but about one percent develop a severe infection and half of these die, suffering hemorrhaging. There are no known vaccines for humans....

Dizziness Linked To Anxiety Disorders

...ves of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, chronic dizziness may be attributed// to psychiatric or neurologic c...dy investigated 345 men and women who had suffered dizziness for an extended period of time. These people were in the age group of 15 to 89. It was found that 33...

Irregular Heartbeat Linked to Genetic Mutation

...ine. Yet, she complained of heart palpitations and dizziness nearly to the point of fainting. For the patient in this case study, her symptoms first appeared 10 years ago and they persisted through the years. The symptoms peaked in the morning and occurred more frequently as time went on. Doctors prescribed...

BP and Prostate Problems Drug Effective in Treating PTSD Nightmares

...acebo, though some participants reported transient dizziness when standing from a sitting position during the first weeks of prazosin titration. Other occasional side effects included nasal congestion, headache, and dry mouth, but these were all minor, according to the authors. "This drug has been taken by...

Residents Of Gas Patch In Colorado Suffering In Silence

...mplained of headaches, skin irritation, nausea and dizziness from breathing noxious fumes that emanate from the rigs. Yet, their complaints that the fumes are causing illness do not elicit any action, simply because there's no medical data to back it up. Says Garfield County environmental health manager Ji...

Pain and Intensity Of Post-stroke Spasticity Decreased by Botox Treatment

...c side effects such as sedation, mental confusion, dizziness and muscle weakness, all of which can seriously hinder rehabilitation after a stroke....

Living With Stress

... physical symptoms such as tense muscles, anxiety, dizziness and palpitation. Each day, all of us are exposed to various stressors (stress factors). If not combatted and overcome, stress continues to accumulate, putting the body and mind in a constant state of alarm-fight or flee. This weakens the immunit...

Sea Snail Venom Paves Way for Potent New Painkiller

... However, it may have side effects such as nausea, dizziness or blurred vision due to the fact that it is a very strong drug. Prialt, or ziconotide, is the result of more than 20 years research by a scientist born in the Philippines, Baldomera Olivera, who is a professor at the University of Utah....