Headache, dizziness, nausea and weakness

There are many pathological conditions that manifest themselves with such symptoms as headache, nausea, dizziness, weakness. To understand how you can deal with them, you need to consider the options for their appearance.

Possible variants of the origin of unpleasant symptoms

All the reasons for which unpleasant symptoms arise can be divided into gastroenterological and others. Among the diseases of the digestive tract such symptoms can be accompanied by the following pathologies:

• intoxication of the body( food poisoning, intoxication from medicines or chemicals, poisoning with poisonous mushrooms);
• malignant neoplasms;
• a violation of the diet;
• intestinal infections;
• chronic gastrointestinal diseases( eg, pancreatitis or peptic ulcer and duodenal ulcer).

Intoxication of the body

May occur for many reasons. The main of them is the consumption of poisonous fungi, spoiled and inferior products, chemicals, ingestion of alkalis and acids, medicines, alcohol products and its surrogates.

The first signs may appear in a few hours after the toxin enters the digestive tract: the patient suffers from dizziness, headache and abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, severe diarrhea, fever, weakness, fatigue.

Depending on the cause of intoxication, other symptoms of the pathology will appear: an admixture of mucus and blood in the feces, bloody vomiting, feces will be fetid and have different shades( depending on the causative agent of the infection), tachycardia, convulsive seizures, a sharp drop in blood pressure. Sometimes, against the background of severe intoxication, confusion or total loss of consciousness occurs.

Malignant tumors of the digestive system

There are not so rare as we would like. The most common disease among all is stomach cancer. In almost 80% of cases, the tumor gives metastases, which makes the course of the disease difficult.

Oncological diseases are much more common in men than in women and affects the digestive tract of people whose age is barely over 40 years.

There are many reasons that promote the regeneration of healthy cells into atypical:

• precancerous diseases that are not treated for a long time( gastritis, ulcerativedisease, enterocolitis, duodenogastric reflux, polyps, etc.);
• bad habits( smoking and alcohol abuse);
• obesity;
• vitamin deficiency;
• genetic predisposition and atrophic processes.

In the early stages, the cancer of the gastrointestinal tract is asymptomatic or causes minor deviations, which patients rarely pay attention to: nausea, headache, dizziness, decreased appetite, sometimes abdominal tenderness, dyspepsia( constipation or diarrhea).Body temperature remains unchanged, only at the last stage of decay it can rise to a level of 38-39 degrees.

Disturbance of diet and diet

May cause a number of unpleasant symptoms. With a shortage of vitamins, minerals and other useful nutrients, sleep disturbance occurs, increased excitability, skin and mucous membranes are pale and dry, and immunity is weakened. Against this background, patients are apathetic, irritated, their work capacity is violated.

In addition, they often complain that the head is aching, the body temperature can be slightly lowered. When overeating and obesity, too, there are a number of negative changes: the cardiovascular system begins to work incorrectly, blood pressure rises, heart rate increases, heart tones are muffled.

Acute intestinal infections

A group of diseases that are accompanied by common symptoms:

• elevated body temperature;
• dehydration of the body;
• disorders in the digestive tract.

OCIs are most common in the summer, foreign agents can be transmitted through public objects, handshakes, toys. Rotavirus infection can be picked up by airborne droplets. The incubation period can vary from a few hours to several days and depends on the characteristics of a particular microorganism.

There are few reasons that can cause the disease: eating poor-quality food( improperly stored or expired) or thermally poorly processed. The main signs of any disease included in the intestinal group are elevated body temperature, chills, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea( with an admixture of mucus, blood depending on the severity of the disease), abdominal pain. In addition, patients experience attacks of severe weakness, malaise, an apathetic condition appears.

Chronic diseases of the digestive tract

Often accompanied by such unpleasant symptoms as minor pain in different parts of the abdomen( depending on the pathology), heartburn, belching, loss or loss of appetite, an unpleasant taste in the mouth, a constant feeling of nausea.

In addition, the general condition of the body also worsens, patients complain of general weakness, fatigue, they can start to worry about headaches and dizziness. Among all the pathologies of the digestive tract that occur in patients, the most often diagnosed chronic form of gastritis, duodenitis, enterocolitis, dyskinesia biliary tract, stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer, pancreatitis.

In addition, there are other causes that can cause the same symptoms, but not related to diseases of the digestive system. Here are some of them:

• hangover syndrome;
• pregnancy;
• concussion and other craniocerebral trauma( CCT);
• diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Drinking Suspension Syndrome

Pathological condition due to alcohol intake. The reasons for the hangover are not clear, but there are factors contributing to it. Ethyl alcohol, which got into the body, helps to remove fluid from it by frequent urination. Rapid urination leads to dehydration. As a result of the decomposition of ethanol, poisonous substances are produced that begin to poison the body.

When a person experiences a hangover, then he has a severe headache, dizziness, nausea, general weakness, decreased mood, increased irritability. Some begin to feel guilty that on the eve they could commit something shameful and indecent.

In most cases, no special medical intervention is required, the hangover syndrome passes by itself. There are many folk methods that help to significantly relieve a person's condition.

Pregnancy

Is, undoubtedly, an excellent period. But some women( about 50-60%) can at this time, especially in the early stages, experience discomfort, called toxicosis of pregnant women. The causes that cause unpleasant symptoms are not fully understood.

Often, future mothers complain of nausea, vomiting( frequency depends on the severity of toxicosis), increased salivation, loss of appetite, lethargy, fatigue, drowsiness. In addition, a woman begins to lose weight, her blood pressure decreases, tachycardia and dizziness occur.

Treatment of such conditions does not require, it is enough to take a walk in the open air and then have a little rest

Diagnosis of diseases

After signs of this or that pathology have appeared, it is necessary to seek help from a specialist. If on the eve of the symptoms of the pathology there was any head trauma, then do not hesitate to contact the surgeon or traumatologist. Probably, it will be a question of closed craniocerebral traumas, the treatment of which is made in a hospital.

During pregnancy, it is also worth talking to a gynecologist for advice, but more often than not, many women just survive this period and, starting from the 2nd trimester, enjoy the wonderful time of bearing the fetus.

As for the pathologies of the digestive organs, it is not necessary to consult a gastroenterologist and conduct treatment. To properly diagnose a specialist appoints to undergo a series of laboratory and instrumental studies. The laboratory includes a clinical blood test and biochemistry, the main indicators of which are bilirubin, ASAT and ALaT, amylase.

Patients are often asked to submit a test feces for analysis. Instrumental methods of diagnosis include x-rays and ultrasound of the abdominal organs, fibrogastroduodenoscopy( FGDS), if necessary CT or MRI.

With the help of ultrasound it is possible to determine the nature of the development of digestive organs, to detect the size and density of organs, to reveal various deviations in the digestive system, to check the presence of cystic formations and other benign and malignant tumors.

On ordinary X-ray and contrast fluoroscopy, damage to internal organs, the presence of foreign objects, pathological formations( cysts, hematomas, tumors, etc.), foreign gases and fluids in hollow organs can be detected. Contrast fluoroscopy helps to determine the condition of the mucous membranes, perforations, abnormal narrowing or widening of the lumens in the intestine, neoplasms.

With this study, it is possible to detect the condition of the mucous membranes of internal organs, the presence of ulcers, polyps, bleeding, etc. if necessary, you can pinch a small area of ​​mucosa for further diagnosis for atypical cells.

. First aid and when to call an ambulance

. Dependingfrom the cause of the onset of symptoms, first aid will be significantly different from each other. For example, when the organism is intoxicated, strict and uncomplicated rules should be followed in a certain order:

1. Call an ambulance.
2. Repeated rinsing of the stomach before the appearance of pure water or induce vomiting( with acid poisoning, it is not possible to provoke the occurrence of vomiting in order to prevent secondary burns, the patient's condition may deteriorate).
3. After the intestines have cleared it is necessary to drink the sorbent.
4. To prevent dehydration, it is necessary to drink as much liquid as possible( in the presence of medical education, you can put the patient with a dropper with the usual saline solution).
5. If the temperature rises above 38.5 degrees, it is recommended to take antipyretics.

If the headache, dizziness, nausea and weakness appeared after a head injury, then it is necessary to apply cold to the place of the soft tissue injury, wound the edges with 5% iodine solution, and cover the wound with an alcoholic solution of brilliant green and cover with a gauze bandage. After this, the victim must be taken to a medical institution for further examination. With a hangover syndrome, you can do without the help of medical workers.

For this you need to know what to do at home, namely to perform 4 main tasks:

• Restore water-salt balance.
• To stop painful sensations.
• Remove toxic substances from the body.
• Restore the reaction speed.

Usually hangover syndrome occurs several hours after the onset of its onset, some individuals may take several days. The main thing to remember is that in no case should you try to get rid of a hangover by taking alcoholic beverages.