[NFBP-Talk] Question about blind people with vertigo

[Becky Frankeberger]

Sorry, I am not being flippant. But dizzy is dizzy sighted or blind. Normal
walking is just not right. In my case I hugged the right side of the wall, I
had no choice as that is where my body was headed. Sitting is a little
better but still you feel queasy in your stomach. Your head is swimming. In
worse cases you are throwing up. The symptoms may be mild, but you notice
when your body is just not right. 

Sometimes a med change causes this. Sometimes an inner ear infection.
Sometimes a ride from Kennywood can temporarily cause the symptoms. 

Get yourself to your doctor or at least a walk in clinic.

This is nothing to mess with, especially if it lasts.

Becky waving at my Federation family in PA  
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Subject: [NFBP-Talk] Question about blind people with vertigo

Hello Federation family,
 does anybody know anything about how blind people with vertigo describe
their symptoms? For sighted people, there is usually a reference to it
looking like the world is spinning around them. I imagine that this
difference would  make diagnosis difficult. 
Thanks,
Donna Hill, Jigsaw chapter