Hi, I have 2 stints in my brain from strokes and a few months later I noticed I got dizzy, room turning around dizzy when I turned my head to the left. My neuro sent me to several MRIs and nothing to indicate any bleeders and such. My ENT wanted me to get a VNG but lost my ins. Im going to get a new neuro, is there something you can tell me as to why this is happening
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor. Dizziness is commonly experienced in life by most of the people who had stroke. It is more common if you had brain stem stroke. It may be due to vestibular disequilibrium. There are exercises to manage dizziness after stroke.1) Move head, left-right, up-down, diagonally while standing. For safety, stand in a corner facing the back of a high-backed substantial chair, holding onto the chair back while moving head around, repeat.2) Move head, left-right while walking. For safety, do with someone at your side or holding onto your therapy belt. Practice moving the head side to side while slowly walking.3) Move head, left-right, up-down while lying in bed. Using one finger, move it from 1 to 3 feet away and back again. Repeat.4) Move head from side to side, leaving body facing forward, while sitting.5) Stand up-sit down, repeat. Sit-stand-turn upper torso to one side, repeat turning upper torso to other side.6) Turn head toward ceiling-down to floor, while sitting. Repeat.7) Bend from waist-extend arms over head, moving head up/down with body while sitting or standing. Repeat.8) Stoop, reach with big ball between hands, moving head with ball, up-down-diagonally. Repeat. Take care