Dizziness and lightheadedness when walking is fine when sitting or lying down may be caused by persistent postural perceptual dizziness, posterior circulation ischemia, vestibular peripheral vertigo and other disorders.
1. Persistent postural perceptual dizziness: it is a vestibular psychosomatic disorder that causes dizziness, especially when a person is walking. The dizziness is better when lying down and sitting. The duration of the disease often exceeds three months or more.
2. Posterior circulation ischemia: People who drink alcohol, smoke, have high blood pressure or diabetes mellitus and have vertebral basilar artery stenosis or carotid artery stenosis may also experience insufficient blood supply to the brain when walking, thus causing dizziness. It may also be accompanied by numbness of the limbs, headache, vomiting and other symptoms.
3. Vestibular peripheral vertigo: the typical symptoms of this disease are balance disorders such as dizziness, falling, etc., accompanied by nystagmus, tinnitus, hearing loss, etc. This balance disorder is more obvious when the symptoms are more obvious during the activities, and the symptoms will be aggravated with the movement of the head and neck.
Dizziness when walking, sitting and lying down may also be caused by other factors, it is recommended that patients seek medical advice in a timely manner, under the guidance of a doctor to identify the cause of the targeted treatment.