Table of contents:
- Medical conditions that often occur and cause poor body balance
- 1. Inner ear problems
- 2. Have weak muscles
- 3. Taking certain drugs
- 4. Lack of blood supply to the brain
- A rare medical condition that can cause poor balance
- 1. Nerve damage
- 2. Brain tumor
Everyone needs a good body balance to carry out daily activities. Then what about people who fall easily because they are not balanced? Yes, maybe you are one of the people who often falls or "shakes" when walking or doing other activities. Be careful, poor body balance could be a sign that you have some medical condition that you are not aware of. So what are the medical conditions that cause you to not have a good balance and fall easily?
Medical conditions that often occur and cause poor body balance
1. Inner ear problems
The ears not only function as a sense of hearing, but are also responsible for the balance of the body. Inside the inner ear is a cavity filled with fluid and a balance sensor. When there is an infection or disturbance in the inner ear, the fluid and balance sensor will be disturbed so that it cannot perform its function properly. So, the brain doesn't receive any signals from the balance sensor and makes you unbalanced and prone to falling.
2. Have weak muscles
People who have entered old age, on average, have a bad balance. So don't be surprised if there are many elderly people who fall frequently and easily, so they have to be accompanied anywhere to avoid this risk. This is indeed common in the elderly, because their muscles begin to weaken due to reduced muscle mass. Muscle mass decreases with age. To prevent this from happening in your old age, you should do regular exercise so that muscle mass doesn't easily decrease.
3. Taking certain drugs
Symptoms of dizziness and loss of balance are sometimes reduced due to side effects of taking a drug. As a simple example, some medications can make you drowsy within minutes of taking them. This drowsiness causes your balance to decrease, so it is easy to fall.
The risk of dizziness and loss of balance can be greater if you take more than one drug at a time. If you believe that the drug has a side effect on your balance, you should discuss this with your doctor.
4. Lack of blood supply to the brain
Lack of blood flow to the brain is known as orthostatic hypotension and believe it or not, it's quite common. A study involving nearly a thousand people showed that as many as 21% of the total respondents experienced orthostatic hypotension. If you are often dizzy and unbalanced when you get up from a sitting position or suddenly get up from a sleeping position, then the cause is orthostatistical hypotension. This condition can be caused by the body lack of fluids. Lack of food intake can also cause this to happen. If this condition occurs frequently, then you should see a doctor.
A rare medical condition that can cause poor balance
1. Nerve damage
One of the groups of people most at risk for this are diabetics. In medical language, nerve damage is also called peripheral neuropathy which can also be caused by infection, vitamin deficiency, genetic disorders, drinking too much alcohol, and some trauma that causes nerve damage in the feet, hands and head.
2. Brain tumor
One of the symptoms that arise if a person has a tumor in their brain is loss of balance, easy falls, and dizziness. However, loss of balance caused by brain tumors is usually very common. so don't worry and worry just yet if you only occasionally experience a loss of balance, it is most likely not the cause of a brain tumor.
Infected tumors in the brain can cause coordination problems and the brain is imperfect in sending or receiving signals, so that the body's balance is poor. Therefore, if you often experience balance problems, it is better to see a doctor.
