My doctor says I get dizzy when I get up from a chair or bed because of vertigo. He insists it isn't serious but will it get worse?

First let's say your doctor knows you for years and is aware of your overall general good health. If this is the case, when he says it isn't serious you can accept that as true. Your sense of balance is monitored by fluid in your ear canal. The fluid acts to give you a sense of balance automatically. As you age, your body changes of course. When you stand up quickly it takes longer for your sense of balance to adjust to the new position than it did when you were younger. Try holding on to the back of the chair when you stand up. From now on plan to stand still until you feel the dizzyness go away. If you practice doing this all the time, you should have no further problem. Walking before you feel your sense of balance returning would put you in danger of falling. Other than that, as your doctor is telling you - you aren't in any danger due to vertigo.

Vertigo is dizziness. It isn't a disease but a symptom of a disease or condition. For example it can be the result of peripheral vestibular disorders. The layman's term for the peripheral vestibular system is the structures of the inner ear. It could also result from a disorder in the central vestibular structures, which are the brainstem, cerebellum and vestibular nerve.

Here is a list of some diseases of which vertigo can be a symptom:

• Meniere's Disease - causes severe vertigo, ringing in the ears and vomiting.
• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Disease - symptoms similar to Meniere's Disease.
• Stroke
• Migraine headaches
• low blood pressure
• brain tumors
• multiple sclerosis
• heart arrhythmias

Vertigo can be caused by some prescription drugs that cause ear toxicity (infections such as Otitis Media for one example). These would be temporary.

• Anticonvulsants
• Antidpressants
• Antihypertensives
• Diuretics
• Cold Medicine
• Aspirin

In addition, certain antibiotics such as the mycin drugs (similar to penicillin) can cause permanent ototoxicity (ear poisoning). Either long term use or high dosage can be responsible for this permanent damage.

it is not so serious but can be serious if proper care is not taken you need to take care of your self, just follow your physician treatments, there are prescribed medications for Vertigo, confirm this with your doctor also maintain your daily fitness.