There are many reasons for dizziness once you get up, which may be caused by physiological reasons or due to diseases such as otolithiasis or Meniere’s disease, etc. The details are analyzed as follows:
1. Physiological factors: they mostly occur when the body position changes, such as squatting, standing up or lying down when getting up. During the above process, the blood accumulated in the lower limbs will flow back to the heart. If the patient’s blood pressure is relatively low, resulting in slow blood flow, there may be a transient insufficient blood supply to the brain, which is manifested as the symptom of dizziness when getting up.
2. Otolithiasis: mainly characterized by recurrent positional vertigo or dizziness, clinically manifested as transient vertigo when the head is in a particular position, mostly accompanied by characteristic nystagmus. When the patient gets up, it is often accompanied by a change in the position of the head, so when otolithiasis occurs, there may be dizziness when the patient gets up.
3. Meniere’s disease: the main pathological manifestation of this disease is the accumulation of water in the membrane labyrinth, and the clinical manifestations are mainly characterized by recurrent rotational vertigo, hearing loss and tinnitus. The cause of Meniere’s disease is still unclear, after diagnosis, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take flunarizine hydrochloride tablets and other drugs for symptomatic treatment.
It is recommended that the patient under the guidance of a physician for diagnosis and treatment.