Orthostatic Hypotension. What Messes Up Senses?

Ok so i know this is normal and i am an active healthy person but like when this happens (e.g like if im sorta resting on the couch and jolt up) like things go kinda weird lol. I just want to know what causes the weirdness. Like sometimes i sorta get all slopy and like im high for a couple of seconds but other times my smell sense goes weird or i get a weird smell sensation. Sometimes like vision blurs and eyes twinkle a bit. I like csant balance to well lol. The point is what causes all this. I know blood struggles to get to the brain but does the loss of blood muck up your senses? And How?

You might be suffering from a balance disorder. Balance Disorder is a disturbance of the inner ear that can make people feel unsteady or as if they were moving, spinning, or floating. Balance disorders are one cause of falls and fall-related injuries, such as hip fracture.


There are many types of balance disorders. One of the most common is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV. With BPPV, you experience a brief, intense feeling of vertigo that occurs when you change the position of your head. or your body.

You may also experience BPPV when rolling over to the left or right, upon getting out of bed in the morning, or when looking up for an object on a high shelf. BPPV is more likely to occur in adults ages 60 and older, but can also occur in younger people.

In BPPV, small calcium stones in the inner ear become displaced, causing a person to feel dizzy. An otolaryngologist can treat BPPV by carefully maneuvering the head and torso to dislodge the stones. The cause of BPPV is not known, although it may be caused by an inner ear infection, head injury, or aging.


Another type of balance disorder is labyrinthitis. This is an infection or inflammation of the inner ear causing dizziness and loss of balance. The labyrinth is the organ in your inner ear that helps you maintain your balance.The labyrinth interacts with other systems in the body, such as the eyes and the bones and joints, to maintain your body's position.


Diseases of the circulatory system, such as stroke, also can cause dizziness and other balance problems. Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease increase the risk of stroke. Low blood pressure also can cause dizziness to occur.

Your diet and lifestyle can help you manage certain balance-related problems. For example, M茅ni猫re's disease, which causes vertigo and other balance and hearing problems, is linked to a change in the volume of fluid in the inner ear.

By eating low-salt or salt-free foods, and steering clear of caffeine and alcohol, you can make its symptoms less severe. Balance problems due to high blood pressure can be managed by eating less sodium, maintaining a healthy weight, and exercising

Among the signs of a balance disorder are

blurred vision
a tendency to lose one's balance and fall
a feeling of movement when you're sitting or standing still
unsteadiness or disorientation
a feeling that you're falling, that you might faint, or that the room is "spinning


Exercises, a change in diet, and some medicines also can help treat a balance disorder.Some exercises help make up for a balance disorder by moving the head and body in certain ways. The exercises are developed especially for a patient by a professional who understands the balance system and its relationship with other systems in the body.


Balance problems due to high blood pressure can be managed by eating less sodium, maintaining a healthy weight, and exercising.


Another balance disorder to consider is due to Orthostatic hypotension which is a decrease of blood pressure when standing, due to changes in the blood pressure regulation systems within the body.

Normally in a healthy human there is an orthostatic pooling of venous blood in the abdomen and legs when shifting positions from the supine (lying on the back) to an erect position (standing up). This redistribution of blood flow is the result of normal physiological compensatory mechanisms built into body systems to prevent any adverse outcome (decrease in blood pressure, or hypotension) during positional change


Persons affected with symptomatic orthostatic hypotension have symptoms when tilting head upward or when moving toward an erect position. Symptom severity varies among affected persons, but can include blurred vision, light-headedness, weakness, vertigo, tremulousness and cognitive impairment. Symptoms can be relieved within one minute of lying down. Some persons have orthostatic hypertension without symptoms.


Nonsymptomatic orthostatic hypotension is a threat for falls or syncope and could be treated by preventive measures that include avoiding warm environments and increasing one's blood pressure by squatting, stooping forward, or crossing one's leg. Additionally, persons affected with the nonsymptomatic variation should increase salt intake, sleep in the head-up position, wear waist-high compression stockings and withdraw from drugs that are known to cause orthostatic hypotension as a side effect.

Persons affected should rise slowly to the erect position after a long period of sitting or lying down. They should avoid excess heat environments (i.e. in shower or central heating systems), coughing, straining or heavy lifting since these events can precipitate episodes of orthostatic hypotension. There are certain measures that can redirect blood to increase blood pressure and reduce symptoms associated with orthostatic hypotension. These measures include squatting, sitting down, crossing legs, and stooping forward.

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Anything that makes your brain go fuzzy would affect all your senses because the brain is where those inputs get analyzed and interpreted. You may think it's your tongue tasting, but it's the brain telling you if it's an orange or a piece of liver. The eyes and ears are directly wired into your brain, so of course those would go fuzzy faster. As soon as the brain has enough oxygen and blood supply to work full throttle again, everything sorts out.