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A 28-year-old male asked:
Can a pinched nerve cause dizziness?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. David Kamanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 37 years experience
Yes: Any discomfort in the body can make a person worries and feels light headed. Start with your primary care doctor!
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Can my dizziness be caused by pinched nerve?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Qamar Khananswered
Pain Management 18 years experience
Possible: However the nerve that is injured that would cause dizziness is either in the head or in the brain stem. So unless these areas were injured unlikely that dizziness is associated with pinched nerve. Some people who have a lot of pain, can have a vasovagal response in which the body is trying to cope with the pain and can cause you to feel sick to your stomach, dizziness or feeling of passing out.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Do you experience dizziness with a pinched nerve?
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Dr. Chaim Colenanswered
Neurosurgery 20 years experience
Usually not: Are you referring to a cranial or spinal nerve being pinched?
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Is dizzyness a side effect of a pinched nerve?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Gary Wanganswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 41 years experience
dizziness and pain. : Usually not. However, a sudden sharp pain by nerve acute irritated might induce dizziness due to pain induced blood pressure disturbance. Most case pain medications, especially narcotics and nerve membrane stabilizers, such as Neurontin (gabapentin) might induced dizziness like feeling.
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Last updated May 24, 2019
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