At certain intervals, a person experiences general weakness, a feeling of nausea and blackouts in the eyes. The reasons for this may be:
- Disease with osteochondrosis. If you complain to the doctor: “It gets dark in the eyes when I get up,” they recommend that you take an x-ray. In the case of displacement of the cervical vertebrae, blood flow to the brain slows down, which is the main cause of darkening in the eyes. For a more thorough examination, it will be necessary to perform ultrasound dopplerography of the vessels of the neck and brain. If the arteries in the spine are pinched, you will also say this phrase: “When making sudden movements, and also when I get up, it gets dark in my eyes.” Having made an accurate diagnosis, the doctor will prescribe you therapeutic exercises in combination with drug treatment.
- During the bearing of a child, various hormonal changes occur in the body of a pregnant woman, which also explains the fact of darkening of vision.
- Hearing from the patient: “When I get up, it gets dark in my eyes”, the doctor will definitely take an interest in the physical activity you perform. If it is wrong to calculate your strength in sports training, the result can be just suchthe body's reaction to energy overexpenditure.
- Vegetovascular dystonia that occurs due to frequent stressful situations, alcoholism, emotional overwork - with these factors, there is also such a phenomenon as an "eclipse".
- Bradycardia (rare heartbeats), arterial hypertension (high blood pressure) also cause frequent darkening of vision, this is due to poor blood flow to the cerebral cortex.
- Complaint: "I get up abruptly - it gets dark in my eyes" - indicates a possible disease in the patient - a dissecting aortic aneurysm.
- With a growing attack of suffocation (asphyxia), as a result of a lack of oxygen, a blackout appears.
- Lower blood pressure in case of long-term standing, fright, pain provokes darkening. “When I get up, it gets dark in my eyes,” people who abruptly change their posture from a horizontal position to a vertical one notice.
To identify the cause of blurred vision, be sure to consult a doctor who will conduct the necessary examination and prescribe a course of treatment.
Prevention of such phenomena
For most people who have ever said the phrase: “When I get up, it gets dark in my eyes”, there are all kinds of preventive measures that help improve the state of the vascular system of their body, the normal permeability of blood bodies to the cerebral cortex. So, your actions are:
- Daily completionsvariety of physical exercises. Sports activities can be combined: swimming, walking, running, visiting fitness centers.
- Visits to the sauna and bath procedures also strengthen blood vessels.
- Take drugs, the main action of which is to strengthen the vascular system, preventing the formation of blood clots. But you should not prescribe treatment for yourself, entrust it to an experienced qualified specialist.
