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Nausea, dizziness, back pain.
Hi. I have a low sodium deficiency. However, I have had it under control for 3 years and have not passed out, but as of yesterday I have had 4 close calls. I am constantly dizzy and have on and off again nausea with my back just hurting worse than usual...(I also have a minor case of scoliosis of the spine)... Please do you know what's wrong with me?
It turns out it was only a bug...it came and passed just as quick...it was weird but I'm ok. Thanks for your help though.
Here's a post from an online article:
"My most powerful realization of the importance of magnesium occurred at the end of the 2009 race season, when I literally laid it all out on the line in my final race, and crossed the finish line completely drained of all energy. This was the hardest I had ever worked in any competition during the entire year. My breath began to come in short spurts, and my heartbeats felt irregular. My eyesight was blurry, and I was both nauseous and dizzy. I was scared. My single goal suddenly became to find a medical tent and IV as quickly as possible.
It was at this point that I remembered that in my race bag was my bottle of topical magnesium, which I typically only had applied prior to competition. I stumbled to my bag, found the bottle, and immediately began rubbing the solution onto my chest and across all my extremities. Within just 90 seconds, I could feel my body re-stabilizing and my energy returning. Just five minutes later, I was completely restored. The following day, my soreness was minimal - a very atypical feeling after having spent nearly 5 hours of high-intensity triathlon with my heart rate near 90% of maximum values!"
"My most powerful realization of the importance of magnesium occurred at the end of the 2009 race season, when I literally laid it all out on the line in my final race, and crossed the finish line completely drained of all energy. This was the hardest I had ever worked in any competition during the entire year. My breath began to come in short spurts, and my heartbeats felt irregular. My eyesight was blurry, and I was both nauseous and dizzy. I was scared. My single goal suddenly became to find a medical tent and IV as quickly as possible.
It was at this point that I remembered that in my race bag was my bottle of topical magnesium, which I typically only had applied prior to competition. I stumbled to my bag, found the bottle, and immediately began rubbing the solution onto my chest and across all my extremities. Within just 90 seconds, I could feel my body re-stabilizing and my energy returning. Just five minutes later, I was completely restored. The following day, my soreness was minimal - a very atypical feeling after having spent nearly 5 hours of high-intensity triathlon with my heart rate near 90% of maximum values!"
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It is difficult to diagnose the cause of dizziness on net. However since you have low sodium problem, get your blood electrolytes checked first. Kidney function and adrenal gland function tests should also be done as you have a backache and kidney and adrenal gland function can affect the electrolytes level.
If all this is ruled out then other causes will have to be looked into. If you have headaches and hot flashes and lightheadedness with a feeling of passing out, you could be having either polycystic ovarian disease (you do say you are male so this is ruled out, however one can never be sure on net so enumerating all causes) or GERD with or without H pylori infection. These are the two conditions to be ruled out first. Other conditions to be strongly ruled out in your case (if you have other symptoms such as ringing in the ear) could be cervical spinal nerve compression, Meniere’s disease of the ear, wax in the ear, infection of the middle or inner ear, and benign intracranial hypertension. Hence it is important to consult an ENT specialist and a neurologist too. At times back and neck problems may persist for years before they really start giving trouble. Chances of TMJ too should be looked into. Other causes are anemia, hypoglycemia or low sugar and some endocrine problems, such as an underactive thyroid (called hypothyroidism), overactive thyroid (called hyperthyroidism), adrenal insufficiency (called Addison's disease), and in some cases, diabetes, may lead to hypotension and hence lightheadedness and an off balance feeling. It is really difficult to comment on the net. I suggest you consult your PCP to run the basic investigations and get an insight into what could be the cause. Depending on clinical examination and tests, your PCP can refer you to the appropriate specialist. Hope this helps. Take care!
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
It is difficult to diagnose the cause of dizziness on net. However since you have low sodium problem, get your blood electrolytes checked first. Kidney function and adrenal gland function tests should also be done as you have a backache and kidney and adrenal gland function can affect the electrolytes level.
If all this is ruled out then other causes will have to be looked into. If you have headaches and hot flashes and lightheadedness with a feeling of passing out, you could be having either polycystic ovarian disease (you do say you are male so this is ruled out, however one can never be sure on net so enumerating all causes) or GERD with or without H pylori infection. These are the two conditions to be ruled out first. Other conditions to be strongly ruled out in your case (if you have other symptoms such as ringing in the ear) could be cervical spinal nerve compression, Meniere’s disease of the ear, wax in the ear, infection of the middle or inner ear, and benign intracranial hypertension. Hence it is important to consult an ENT specialist and a neurologist too. At times back and neck problems may persist for years before they really start giving trouble. Chances of TMJ too should be looked into. Other causes are anemia, hypoglycemia or low sugar and some endocrine problems, such as an underactive thyroid (called hypothyroidism), overactive thyroid (called hyperthyroidism), adrenal insufficiency (called Addison's disease), and in some cases, diabetes, may lead to hypotension and hence lightheadedness and an off balance feeling. It is really difficult to comment on the net. I suggest you consult your PCP to run the basic investigations and get an insight into what could be the cause. Depending on clinical examination and tests, your PCP can refer you to the appropriate specialist. Hope this helps. Take care!
Many of your electrolytes are probably being effected, even if tests looked "normal". Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, Potassium.
The back pain and bone abnormality may be from a magnesium deficiency.
Some of the safer and more effective forms of magnesium include: Taurate, Glycinate and Citrate (latter can be laxitative, so take with food).
I suggest you also look online for a highly absorbable, high dose, high nutrient, multi-mineral & multi-vitamin, supplement. Something with many good testimonial reviews.
The back pain and bone abnormality may be from a magnesium deficiency.
Some of the safer and more effective forms of magnesium include: Taurate, Glycinate and Citrate (latter can be laxitative, so take with food).
I suggest you also look online for a highly absorbable, high dose, high nutrient, multi-mineral & multi-vitamin, supplement. Something with many good testimonial reviews.
When was your last serum level for your sodium count drawn? You need to get one asap along with other labs in a bmp serum panel.
What medications are you taking for the hyponatremia/low sodium? i.e. Declomycin?
What medications are you taking for the hyponatremia/low sodium? i.e. Declomycin?
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