Dizziness in the elderly may be caused by cervical spondylosis, transient cerebral ischemia and otolithiasis.
1. Cervical spondylosis: If an elderly person has cervical spondylosis, sleeping in the wrong position at night will lead to pressure on the vertebral basilar artery, resulting in ischemia of the brain, which will lead to dizziness in waking up.
2. Transient cerebral ischemia: the blood vessels in the brain have transient insufficient blood supply due to a variety of reasons, which may occur when getting up and changing body position.
3. Otolithiasis: also known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. The elderly get up dizziness may be caused by otolithiasis, otolithiasis is a transient paroxysmal vertigo and nystagmus that occurs when there is a change in the position of the head for a short period of time, and may also be accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and dizziness.
There are many reasons that cause the elderly to get up and dizzy, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor to clarify the cause of the disease and then targeted treatment.