Hi, I am feeling dizzy when I sleep on the left side. I feel that the whole world is rotating and I sweat and feel suffocated. What could this be ? I recently has couple of my teeth extracted. Are these the side effects of the painkiller that I took. I went to a doctor and my BP on the left dint appear. I was diagnosed with low BP and given some tablets. That dint help either. What could be the reason of this dizziness
Hello, The symptoms of dizziness with sweating etc. are likely to be due to positional vertigo. The most common of that is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). It is caused by the problems in the inner ear. There are organs for the body balance in the inner ear. The abnormal stimulation of these organ gives the false sensation of imbalance to the brain and results in giddiness. There is also associated sympathetic nervous system activation causing sweating, suffocation, palpitation etc. Good luck.