neurological event

[vicki1960]

I just experienced dizziness, disorientation, and loss of feeling in my right hand.  Are these symptoms of low blood pressure or dehydration?

[classiechic]

I would recommend  seeing your PCP. Have you been stressed lately? Anxiety causes those feelings and symptoms.

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. Causes of dizziness need to be looked for. These are low or high blood pressure, anemia, heart attack, arrhythmias, strokes, headaches, migraines, dehydration and blood electrolyte changes. Certain medicines like anti hypertensives, pain killers, anti depressants, etc. Consult a neurologist for assessment of these symptoms since these could mean multiple sclerosis or an impending stroke. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI in addition, a spinal tap. Therefore, it would be prudent to consult your neurologist with these concerns. Take care