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What causes you to lose your equilibrium?
Loss of balance can occur for a range of reasons, including ear infections, head injuries, medication, and neurological disorders.
What is it called when you lose your equilibrium?
Most people will experience dizziness and a sudden loss of balance at some point in their lifetime. In fact, millions of people have some sort of balance disorder. A balance disorder is a condition that makes you feel unsteady or dizzy as if you are moving or spinning. This condition is often called vertigo.
Can you knock your equilibrium off?
Any number of other things can knock your balance off-kilter, Dr. Honaker says. Something relatively minor, like dehydration or fatigue, can cause a bout of unsteadiness.
What are signs that your equilibrium is off?
Sense of motion or spinning (vertigo) Feeling of faintness or lightheadedness (presyncope) Loss of balance or unsteadiness. Falling or feeling like you might fall.
How do you know if your equilibrium is off?
Signs and symptoms of balance problems include:
- Sense of motion or spinning (vertigo)
- Feeling of faintness or lightheadedness (presyncope)
- Loss of balance or unsteadiness.
- Falling or feeling like you might fall.
- Feeling a floating sensation or dizziness.
- Vision changes, such as blurriness.
- Confusion.
Does vertigo affect your brain?
Central Vertigo All of these conditions can affect the brain stem or the cerebellum—the regions of the brain that control balance.
What’s causing my equilibrium problems?
Problems like dizziness and feeling like you have lost your equilibrium can be caused by problems with the inner ear or with other conditions as well. One of the most common causes of feeling like your equilibrium is off is labrynthitis or vestibulitis, inflammation of the inner ear.
What causes loss of balance?
Causes of Balance Loss. The various causes that could be responsible for altered or affected balance are: Meniere’s disease (a disease of the inner ear). Parkinson’s disease. Taking certain medications or drugs such as – anti-convulsant therapy. Vestibular neuronitis. MS (multiple sclerosis)
How do you lose your balance?
The inner ear structure called the labyrinth is part of the vestibular system and is the primary control center for balance. When the inner ear becomes infected, the labyrinth function becomes impaired and inflamed, which can make you lose your balance. This is called labyrinthitis.
What causes equilibrium issues?
Balance issues can start suddenly and there can be many possible causes, including basics such as being dehydrated, getting up too quickly from a sitting position or experiencing motion sickness after a car ride. Migraines, nerve damage and neurological conditions can also play a role.