It is not a vertigo that makes the room spin.
It’s something more subtle, more treacherous: heavy head, unsteady steps, a feeling of “floating.”
Many are told: “It’s normal, it’s age.”
But as a geriatrician, I, Dr. Luis Luna, have seen too many patients improve to accept that phrase as fate.
Dizziness and a heavy head are not a mandatory part of aging.
In most cases they are related to daily habits that seem harmless, but that disrupt balance, circulation and the way the brain interprets movement.
Think of your balance as an orchestra: hydration, breathing, inner ear, blood pressure, neck muscles…
If one is out of tune, the whole thing loses harmony and dizziness appears.
Let’s review, one by one, the 7 most frequent mistakes I see in consultation and how to correct them with simple but powerful changes.
Mistake 7: Going to bed right after dinner
Many older adults have dinner, watch television for a while and, in less than 20 minutes, they are already in bed.
It seems like a quiet habit, but it has consequences:
- The stomach is still working and needs a lot of blood to digest.
- By going to bed so early, circulation is redistributed to the abdomen and momentarily less blood reaches the brain.
- The next morning the heavy head appears and the instability when getting up.
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