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Lightheadedness is a common and typically unpleasant sensation of dizziness [1] or a feeling that one may faint. The sensation of lightheadedness can be short-lived, prolonged, or, rarely, recurring. In addition to dizziness, the individual may feel as though their head is weightless.
Here, experts explain why your head feels heavy. Plus, learn the causes for why your head might feel heavy, treatment options, and when to see a doctor.
Heavy-headedness is the feeling of faintness, dizziness, or feeling of floating, wooziness. [1] [2] [3] Individuals may feel as though their head is heavy; also feel as though the room is moving/spinning also known as vertigo. Some causes of heavy-headedness can be tough to get rid of and can last a long period of time, however most can be treated.
Similar brief shocks can be experienced when any other nerve is tweaked (e.g. a pinched neck nerve may cause a brief shock-like paresthesia toward the scalp). In the older age group, spinal column irregularities may tweak the spinal cord briefly when the head or back is turned, flexed, or extended into brief uncommon positions (Lhermitte's sign).
One patient said, "I thought it became like misty, in some way... the outlines were sort of fuzzy". [18] Others may describe a "spaced-out" feeling. [21] Affected people compare their overall experience to that of a dream, because, as in a dream, consciousness, attention, orientation to time and place, perceptions, and awareness are disturbed. [22]
Lake District, also known as Edmonton North, is located in the eastern portion of Edmonton's north sector. [1] The area is bounded by 97 Street (Highway 28) to the west, Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the north, 66 Street to the east and 153 Avenue to the south. [20] The following nine neighbourhoods comprise Lake District. [5]
Upper Edmonton is the location of the Meridian Water regeneration programme on a 210-acre site adjacent to the North Circular Road and Lea Valley, containing the Ravenside Retail Park and the large IKEA Edmonton store. The area is served by Silver Street and Meridian Water railway stations, with Angel Road having closed in 2019.
Plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome, [1] [2] is a condition characterized by an asymmetrical distortion (flattening of one side) of the skull. A mild and widespread form is characterized by a flat spot on the back or one side of the head caused by remaining in a supine position for prolonged periods.