Undiagnosed Vertio? Fearing the worse

[Shifty432]

Where to begin. I guess I'll start up with my history and work up to the onset of my symptoms.

I'm a 26 year old healthy male. I haven't had any major health related issues or surgeries in my lifetime. My family history consists of my mom with a case of vertigo and osteoporosis and my aunt on my fathers side being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor.

About 4 weeks ago (11/21/2014) I started to notice that I had some feeling in my left eye that felt like pressure/strain. I didn't have any other issues aside from that.

3 weeks ago my work conducted some roll over training (sitting in a mock vehicle that spins you slowly in circles, to simulate escaping a vehicle rollover) After conducting the training I didn't feel any worse or better then I previously did.

A week after that I flew on a business trip to Sand Diego for five days with no issues.

(the week leading up to my flight to N.C I felt some more severe eye pressure and some sensitivity to light)

The week following my trip to San Diego, I took another flight from Washington state to North Carolina. Upon exiting the plane, I felt some more intense eye pressure couple with dizziness and nausea) Since then, I felt as if my vision has been hazy, my equilibrium has been off and a shift in pressure and eye pain that comes and goes and switches sides. I felt better for a day and then received a yellow fever vaccination. The next day I had sensations where I felt as if I going to pass out (like rushes to the head) a sense of severe loss of balance. I feel better laying down but not 100%. This has been going on for about 10 days now with one trip to the doctor who did nothing but tell me I have vertigo and prescribed me "antivert" Of course I'm fearing the worse (brain tumor) I had a normal EKG? reading and blood sugar reading.

[caregiver222]

I would say you need an MRI and an MRA, ASAP. (As soon as possible). An MRA is an MRI with dye contrast medium. I would suggest you request what is known as a 3T (Tesla) MRI rather than a 1 1/2 T (Tesla) MRI. As mentioned lots of non-tumor conditions can cause these symptoms, but every now again again someone gets the golden bee-bee. An EKG is not sufficient, nor is an x-ray.

[bethana88]

Hi! I feel your pain, quite literally. I'm not in the medical field, but I can give you some sort of insight into what doctors look for when persons present with vertigo with accompanying eye pressure, like me. Given the two together, you obviously need an MRI to rule out Multiple Sclerosis. You could very well have some sort of ear infection or fluid build up in the ear for some other reason. (Oddly, I think GERD can cause something like that.) You want to ensure that you don't have some sort of degenerative issues with discs in your cervical spine. Mine are crushed from a car accident, but a friend of mine had his just degenerate on him due to heredity. You could have vertiginous or other migraines that don't present with the classic head ache. You could possibly have something like Menieres Disease or a number of Auto-Immune issues that start off with vague symptoms. Definitely look into Lyme and something called a Mycoplasm infection. Lyme and mycoplasm infections can cause ANYTHING to happen to you. Hopefully, this gives you some hope. Lots of non-tumor conditions can cause what you describe. ~ N

[Jjewelz1987]

hi there,
sorry you are experiencing so many crazy symptoms. obviously make sure you get an mri to rule out tumors and such. have you been tested for lyme disease? lyme can cause alot
of neurologicalsymptoms. defitately ask for a lyme test and ask for a copy of the results.