Dizziness, nausea and vomiting in the middle of the night may be caused by benign positional vertigo, hypertension, cervical spondylosis, cerebrovascular disease and other causes.
1. Benign positional vertigo: when sleeping in the middle of the night, if you suddenly turn over and your head position changes, it is likely to cause otoliths to fall off, which may cause dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
2. Hypertension: when the blood pressure increases significantly in the middle of the night, the pressure in the cerebral blood vessels increases significantly, which may cause dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and may be accompanied by headache, weakness and other manifestations.
3. Cervical spondylosis: commonly found in patients with vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis, due to improper sleeping posture in the middle of the night, resulting in stiffness and tension of the neck muscles, forming pressure on the local blood vessels, which may cause pressure on the vertebral basilar artery, which may cause dizziness, nausea, vomiting.
4. Cerebrovascular diseases: for example, cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction, insufficient blood supply to the vertebral basilar artery, when sleeping in the middle of the night, these diseases may cause dizziness, nausea, vomiting. It is mostly considered that the brain dysfunction may be caused by local ischemia of brain tissues or hemorrhage, resulting in damage to brain nerves.
5. Other diseases, such as vestibular neuronitis, Meniere’s disease and other acute stage can also appear dizziness, nausea and vomiting symptoms.
Dizziness, nausea and vomiting in the middle of the night, it is recommended to consult a doctor as soon as possible to identify the cause and give targeted treatment.