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Fiancé has had dizziness and vertigo for 6 months

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paul97371
paul97371

My fiancé has been suffering with dizziness and vertigo since May this year. She had a virus earlier in the year which included dizziness and that went away but a few months later the dizziness came back.

She describes it simply as being on a boat and the has bouts of vertigo which feel like she's being pulled to the ground. She's been to her GP several times. She was referred to an audiologist and all tests came back ok. She was then referred to an ENT but to be honest he wasn't very helpful, pretty much read the results from the audiologist and said she shouldn't have this at her age (she's 23) the discharged her. All advice by her GP and the audiologist tests suggest that this isn't a permanent illness, yet it's been quite a while. It gets worse if she's got a bug or virus and if she's on her period.

We're a bit lost on what to do next as we want to get to the bottom of this, it is affecting her quality of life and she's not sure whether she feels confortable to travel by air as she's heard it can make things worse.

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  • alvis48886
    alvis48886 paul97371

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    Hi Paul.

    Dizziness is the worst thing someone can have, I have dizziness now for 16 days, its soo hard, I cant do almost anything and doctors arent very helpful either, they still dont know what I have, pluss I have pressure in my right side of head, and sometimes i fell sick, like im gonna puke, but I never do, tomorow i will see otolaryngologist(audiogramm test), I really hope she will tell me whats wrong.

    Next thing to do is maybe MRI scan, well thats what im planing next, if otolaryngologist wont be very helpful. What other tests your financee has been to?(CT scan, mri)

  • manda08392
    manda08392 paul97371

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    I really feel for her, it's been terrible since I started having the dizziness because there isn't always warning and I may be driving when it happens, it can really upend your life.

    Paul, does your fiance have any other issues that maybe you don't think are related- does she get headaches, does she have back pain, is she always sore from physical labor, does she have any vision problems like blurriness or auras that come before or after these dizzy spells, does she have any blood sugar issues?

    Other symptoms she has can be really helpful in directing you to the next possible specialist.

    By the way, the ENT was being an ass but that's not uncommon.

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