Vertigo is a very common symptom in life, more occurs in the middle-aged and elderly groups, when vertigo occurs, patients can feel the surrounding objects in rotation, light body shaking discomfort, heavy has a feeling of spinning, can cause patients to fall, vertigo can also be accompanied by pale, fatigue, nausea, palpitation and other symptoms.
Clinically, there are many reasons for vertigo in the elderly, and only by finding out the cause and symptomatic treatment can it be effectively alleviated. So, what diseases can cause vertigo?
1. Cerebral arteriosclerosis
With age, many elderly people will suffer from vascular diseases, due to narrow blood vessels, blood viscous, can lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain, brain tissue does not get enough oxygen, can appear dizziness symptoms, such elderly people in the dizziness at the same time can be accompanied by memory loss, limb numbness, insomnia, tinnitus and other symptoms.
2. Otogenic vertigo
In addition to the symptoms of vertigo, patients with ear-derived vertigo are also accompanied by problems such as tinnitus and hearing loss, and in severe cases, sweating, pallor, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms may occur, and the onset time is short, and the patient is conscious.
Otoliosis is caused by an affected balance function of the inner ear, which can be caused by otitis media, Meniere syndrome, labyrinthitis, or intoxication.
3. Vertebral arterial cervical spondylosis
Elderly due to osteoporosis, degenerative bone lesions and bad living habits and other reasons, cervical spondylosis, if it is vertebral arterial cervical spondylosis, due to lesions compressing to the vertebral arteries, can affect blood flow, resulting in cerebral ischemia, hypoxia, thereby causing dizziness.
4. Anemia
If the elderly often experience dizziness, accompanied by general weakness, pale face or even symptoms such as panic and chest tightness, they can go to the hospital to check the trace elements to see if there is anemia.
With the increase of age, the human body's utilization rate of iron decreases, if you usually do not pay attention to nutritional health care, it is easy to occur anemia, in addition, peptic ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding can also cause anemia, the elderly should pay attention to.
5. Ototoxic drugs
Some ototoxic drugs can also cause vertigo, ototoxic drugs can damage the body's eighth pair of cranial nerves, causing vertigo, tinnitus, deafness and other consequences, currently known ototoxic drugs include salicylic acid antipyretic analgesics, macrolide antibiotics, antiheparin preparations and so on.
If vertigo occurs after taking a certain drug, it should be vigilant whether it is caused by drug side effects, which can be improved by changing or stopping the drug.
6. Tumoric vertigo
If there is a tumor in the patient's brain, especially if the tumor is located in the brainstem or auditory nerve, etc., the patient can cause symptoms of vertigo due to impaired vestibular function;
It is mainly manifested as visual rotation, unstable standing, etc., and can be accompanied by symptoms such as limb weakness, nausea, vomiting, and sweating, and may also have symptoms of tinnitus and hearing loss.
In short, the causes of vertigo in the elderly are various clinically, if the elderly often have symptoms of vertigo, they must not be taken lightly, and they should be examined in the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease and make targeted treatment so as not to delay the condition.
In addition, due to the decline in physical fitness, the elderly should usually do a good job in diet, life and other aspects of conditioning, exercise more, and develop healthy living habits, so as to reduce the occurrence of diseases and improve the quality of life.