Dizziness in the elderly may be caused by Meniere’s disease, atherosclerosis, anemia, vegetative nerve dysfunction and other diseases.
1. Meniere’s disease: it is a kind of auricular vertigo disease, patients can have recurrent rotational vertigo, often accompanied by different degrees of hearing loss, tinnitus, ear fullness and other symptoms.
2. Atherosclerosis: It is a plaque formed when lipids and necrotic tissues continuously gather in the inner lining of arterial vessels. When cerebral arterial atherosclerosis occurs, it can affect the blood supply to the brain, which can lead to dizziness, headache and other phenomena.
3. Anemia: When anemia occurs, the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood decreases, affecting the oxygen supply to the brain, which often leads to dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia, memory loss and other phenomena.
4. Phytoneurological dysfunction: mainly caused by psychosocial factors, in addition, heredity, gender, disease, etc. can also cause this disease, can appear in various system dysfunction symptoms, can be manifested as emotional instability, dizziness, tachycardia, sweating abnormalities, sleep disorders and other phenomena.
In addition, hypoglycemia, hypotension, cervical spondylosis, etc. can also trigger old dizziness, and it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of the disease and receive treatment as soon as possible.