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Balance

Have you ever felt dizzy, lightheaded, or as if the room is spinning around you? If the feeling happens often, it could be a sign of a balance problem. Balance problems can make you feel unsteady. You may also have blurred vision, confusion, and disorientation. They are one cause of falls and fall-related injuries, such as a hip fracture (broken hip).

Some balance problems are due to problems in the inner ear. Others may involve another part of the body, such as the brain or the heart. Aging, infections, head injury, certain medicines, or problems with blood circulation may also cause balance problems.

It is important to see your doctor about balance problems. They can be a sign of other health problems, such as an ear infection or a stroke. Your doctor may send you to a specialist for a diagnosis. You may need a hearing test, blood tests, or imaging studies of your head and brain. Other possible tests look at your eye movements, and how your body responds to movement.

In some cases, treating the illness that is causing the disorder will help with the balance problem. Exercises, a change in diet, and some medicines also can help.

NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Balance FDA Approved Drugs

BALANCED SALT [Calcium ChlorideCa2Cl2H2O : Magnesium Chloride2ClMg6H2O : Potassium ChlorideClK : Sodium AcetateC2H3O2Na3H2O : Sodium ChlorideClNa : Sodium Citrate]
RX
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0.48mg/ml : 0.3mg/ml : 0.75mg/ml : 3.9mg/ml : 6.4mg/ml : 1.7mg/ml (irrigation solution)
AkornSep 27, 2006
B BraunFeb 3, 2010
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BSS [Calcium ChlorideCa2Cl2H2O : Magnesium Chloride2ClMg6H2O : Potassium ChlorideClK : Sodium AcetateC2H3O2Na3H2O : Sodium ChlorideClNa : Sodium Citrate]
RX
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0.48mg/ml : 0.3mg/ml : 0.75mg/ml : 3.9mg/ml : 6.4mg/ml : 1.7mg/ml (irrigation solution)
AlconDec 10, 1997
efficacy
0.0  (0)
side effects
0.0  (0)
danger
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UNK

WARNING: Consult a licensed physician in the appropriate field for medical treatment and drug prescription. Do not self medicate.


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Balance

ASPIDOSPERMA
   The dried bark of Aspidosperma Quebracho-blanco, Schlechtendal (Nat. Ord. Apocynaceae). An evergreen tree of Chili and the Argentine Republic.... / ... cardiac and pulmonary plexuses, and is a remedy of power in imperfect oxygenation with a disturbed balance between the pulmonic circulation and the action of the heart. It is used in cardiac and rena...1

BRYONIA
   The root of Bryonia dioica, Jacquin, and Bryonia alba, Linné (Nat. Ord. Cucurbitaceae.) Europe. Common Names: Bryony, Bastard Turnip, Devil's... / ...move about. Bryonia patients, except in the acute infections, often display a deficiency of nervous balance and with this may or may not be associated the bryonia headache pain from the frontal region... / ...its origin in irritation or erethism. Tensive or sharp pains are almost always present, and the secretion, if there is any, is small in quantit1

CINNAMOMUM
   I. Cinnamomum Saigonicum. Dried bark of an undetermined species of Cinnamomum. Chiefly from China. II. Cinnamomum Zeylanicum. Dried bark of... / ...d to such mixtures give an agreeable sweetness and aroma and will help the medicine to preserve its balance for several days. Children invariably like the flavor. Even cinnamon can be overdone, howeve...1

MITCHELLAMITCH
   The whole plant of Mitchella repens, Linné (Nat. Ord. Rubiaceae). Dry woods, hemlock forests, and damp places in the United States. Dose, 5 to 60... / ...child birth. If it has any virtue it lies in quieting nervous irritability and giving a psychologic balance throughout the latter months of pregnancy. There seems to be reliable testimony to the effec... / ...rational preparation.1

SCUTELLARIASCCH2
   The fresh green herb of Scutellaria lateriflora, Linné (Nat. Ord. Labiatae). Common in damp situations throughout the United States. Dose, 5 to... / ...ermits sleep. It may be exhibited to advantage during acute and chronic illness to maintain nervous balance, control muscular twitching and tremors, and is sometimes effectual in subsultus tendinum du... / ...a great reputation as a cure for hydrophobia, based upon the reports of New Jersey physicians, a claim which time has totally failed to sustain.1


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.