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Extreme dizziness after dental surgery, help?

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ellie38600
ellie38600

I had a surgery on Monday to expose impacted canines in the roof of my mouth and 3 teeth taken out. This was done under general anaesthetic. When I woke up from the surgery I was very ill, vomiting, sleeping a lot, etc. I also had this very dizzy feeling whenever I moved my head and looked around and it got worse when I stood up and walked. I've had this feeling before and been to the GP about it but have just been told it's because I'm young. I've had blood tests for anaemia and been to the opticians but they keep telling me everything is fine. It's been 3 days since the surgery and I've still got this dizzy feeling whenever I move my head or my eyes and it's starting to worsen. Is this because of the surgery or because of something else? Please help as I am unable to eat, stand for very long, or go back to school.

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  • elizabeth36542
    elizabeth36542 ellie38600

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    Hello Ellie, So sorry to hear about your extreme dizziness.  I know how distressing it can be.  My current dizziness and vertigo is due to Vestibular Neuritis, but I'm wondering if you might be having Positional Vertigo. Was the surgery only on one side?  Maybe research Positional Vertigo and see if you can get any information there that will help.   Here is a link that I had which helped a lot when I initially got Positional Vertigo a few years ago.  The way you do the exercises really depends on which ear is causing the vertigo. Apparently if you do it wrong it can cause your vertigo to get even worse.  If the right ear is effected then you roll to the left and if it's the left ear-right.  Hope this helps. [b]http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bppv/bppv[b].html

  • rocksolid
    rocksolid ellie38600

    Posted

    Talk to your dentist about it. also do a search on dizzy and general anaesthetic
  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 ellie38600

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    What usually happens in these cases, where during the operation the head is in an extended or flexed position for a long time (perhaps in this case the head was placed backwards for a long time) the otoliths (small calcium carbonate crystals) moved from their original position in the inner ear.  This then creates the phenomenon of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).  This is a classic example, but your GP was not able to recognize this.  You need to go to an ENT specialist.  The therapy is using specific head movements to put the otoliths back to where they were.

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologis

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

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