Definition
Dizziness (Vertigo) refers to an often unpleasant, distorted perception of space caused by disturbances in visual perception and the balance system. Accompanying symptoms of vertigo are nausea and vomiting, or nausea stimulus. After eating, dizziness and tiredness often occur in combination.
Introduction
Dizziness occurs in the most diverse forms and qualities. There is rotational and swaying vertigo, elevator vertigo as well as unspecific vertigo that can reach to dizziness, attack-like and permanent vertigo. The causes for occurring vertigo are extremely diverse and cannot always be localized exactly. Temporal aspects also play a role, for example when vertigo always occurs after eating.
Accompanying symptoms of dizziness after eating
Among the most common accompanying symptoms of dizziness after eating are Both the sense of hearing and the sense of balance are dependent on a functioning inner ear, which consists of arches (sense of balance) on the one hand and the cochlea (sense of hearing) on the other – if one sensory organ fails, the other may also be affected by the disorder due to the spatial proximity. Visual disturbances and dizziness usually indicate a central nervous (i.e. brain-related) cause such as migraine.
- Nausea up to vomiting.
- In addition, heart palpitations or stumbling can occur in case of dizziness after eating.
- In some cases, these can also cause a short-term loss of consciousness, since the blood flow to the brain is so severely impaired by this circulatory problem.
- Also hearing disorders, i.e. hearing loss or tinnitus,
- Or of seeing often accompany a dizzy spell.
Nausea is a symptom that often accompanies dizzy spells.
The reason for this is a misinterpretation of dizziness by the brain: Since, among other things, poisoning also causes dizziness, the “emergency system” of vomiting is activated to transport the supposedly toxic substance out of the body. If this combination of symptoms occurs after a meal, the type of meal should also be considered as the cause of the nausea. For example, an allergic reaction to certain foods, eating too fatty foods, too little liquid at or before the meal, or a migraine attack triggered by certain foods are possible.
A very high heart rate can be perceived by the person concerned as “palpitations”. Most of the time, the body tries to compensate for low blood pressure with a high heart rate: If the person affected by dizziness after eating notices tachycardia as an accompanying symptom, blood pressure should definitely be measured in this acute phase. Low blood pressure can be caused, for example, by an allergic reaction when eating or by a thyroid problem.
However, it may also be noticed that the blood pressure is rather high while the heart is racing and the affected person experiences dizziness. Here the sympathetic nervous system, i.e. the body’s “fight or flight system” is strongly activated: The thyroid gland or other hormonal causes may also be involved here. If dizziness and palpitations of the heart frequently occur together after eating and severely restrict the person concerned in everyday life, the symptoms should be clarified by a doctor as soon as possible.
The term “visual disorders” can describe very different complaints: These include, for example, flickering before the eyes, double vision or even complete loss of the visual field, which the affected person perceives as black or gray patches. If they occur together with vertigo, it usually indicates a cause that affects the brain. Very often this is, for example, a defective regulation of the circulation after eating, or a migraine attack, which can be triggered by certain foods. Since migraines can affect the entire cerebral cortex, a wide variety of symptoms and sensory disorders can occur. In the case of newly occurring visual disorders that cannot be reliably attributed to another cause, these pathological processes should always be excluded.
