Dizziness is a wide ranging symptom that can be caused by any number of conditions and diseases ranging from an electrolyte imbalance, ear damage, cranial dysfunction, or even psychiatric disorders. The best way to treat this problem is to understand the triggers for it. Ears are the centers for maintaining balance. If the dizziness is caused by some kind of movement or motion, then the problem that you are facing could be caused by a problem in your ears. This is the reason why a severe blow to the ear can knock you off balance. Ear infections that reach the cochlea and centers of balance can cause a lot of dizziness as well. From here the next aspect to consider is the brain itself. This consists of a wide range of possible causes. The brain being the organ that is fundamentally responsible for bringing spatial information together can be affected in a myriad number of ways. The problems in the brain that can cause dizziness include migraines, increased intra-cranial pressures, and some diseases where brain cells are destroyed. Dizziness that comes with severe headaches and consistent vomiting should never be ignored as it is one of the signs of a subdural hematoma or bleeding into the brain. This occurs due to the increase in cranial pressure from blood squeezing the brain. Another condition that is similar in mechanism is an Arachnoid cyst that presses into the brain. There are some diseases of the brain called neurodegenerative brain diseases that cause the brain to slowly die in bits like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. These cause the destruction of neurons progressively and the centers of balance are usually one of the areas affected.
Beyond the brain, electrolyte imbalances can cause a sense of dizziness because of the metabolic acidosis affecting the central nervous system. This is also accompanied by vomiting in some instances and cardiac arrhythmia. Increase and decrease in the blood pressure also causes dizziness because of the sudden changes to the pressure exerted on the brain as well as due the decreased volume of blood in the body. Considering the wide range of possibilities that cause dizziness, if you experience dizziness consistently, it is time to get an MRI scan done along with some other diagnostic tests prescribed by a neurologist. This will ascertain the exact cause of the problem. The treatments could be drug-based or can even involve surgery to the brain or spine.
answered by G M