Why do I feel dizzy when my head shakes?

If you feel dizzy when your head shakes, you must understand the specific reason. There are many reasons for this situation. The first thing you should consider is whether your cervical spine is in bad condition. If you have cervical spondylosis, the cervical spine will compress the nerves, which will cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, causing dizziness. In addition, you should be more vigilant about some brain diseases, such as brain tumors, or vertebral artery stenosis, etc. Let's take a look at this aspect.

Why do I feel dizzy when my head shakes?

There are too many possible causes of dizziness, including a bad cervical spine, spinal stenosis or herniated disc, or stenosis of the carotid and vertebral arteries, cerebral infarction, brain tumor, brain damage, etc. If the symptoms occur frequently, you must pay attention to it. If the vertigo attack is very short, the possibility of otolithiasis should also be ruled out. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for a thorough check-up, including a magnetic resonance imaging of the head, an ultrasound of the neck blood vessels, and a CT or MRI of the cervical spine. After a clear diagnosis, go to a specialist for targeted treatment.

What is vertigo?

Vertigo is a general term for dizziness and lightheadedness. Vertigo is characterized by blurred vision, dark vision and darkness; dizziness is characterized by spinning objects or an inability to stand as if the world is spinning. Because both often occur at the same time, it is called vertigo.

Classification of vertigo: true vertigo, false vertigo

1. True vertigo

It refers to a distinct sense of external objects or one's own rotation caused by diseases of the eyes, proprioception or vestibular system. Depending on the damaged part, it can be divided into ocular, proprioceptive and vestibular vertigo.

Most symptoms of vertigo caused by vestibular system diseases are severe, such as Meniere's syndrome, vertebral basilar artery insufficiency, brainstem infarction, etc., and they often recur.

Vertigo can be a physiological phenomenon or a pathological phenomenon. If you stare at the scenery outside the window for a long time on a train, you may experience dizziness and railway nystagmus; if you stand on a high bridge and look down at the rapidly flowing water beneath your feet, you will feel that you are moving in the opposite direction and feel dizzy. These are physiological vertigo induced by visual and visual-kinematic stimulation, and the symptoms will disappear when you are away from the environment. Eye disorders, such as acute ophthalmoplegia, can cause double vision and vertigo.

Vertigo caused by proprioceptive disorders is called postural sensory vertigo, which is seen in patients with syringomyelia and syphilis due to deep sensory disorders and movement disorders.

2. Pseudo-vertigo

It refers to dizziness caused by systemic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, anemia, uremia, drug poisoning, endocrine diseases and neurosis, etc. Almost all of them have dizziness symptoms of varying degrees of severity. Patients feel "floating" without a clear sense of rotation.