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Usually dizziness is a result of low blood flow to and/or low oxygenation in the brain. It is for this reason that you are told to get horizontal or put your head between your legs/lower than your heart position to increase the blood flow and oxygenation to the brain if you become dizzy.

There are many ways to become dizzy. Some examples are:

  • If you lie down for a while, and then quickly get up, and start moving around, it may cause temporary dizziness from hypotension (this is called orthostatic hypotension).
  • Becoming intoxicated from alcohol or drugs in some drug classes (such as narcotics) will make you dizzy for the remainder of the intoxication/drug action. Both of these are due to central nervous system depression.
  • Heart failure or other Heart disease and circulatory insufficiency can cause dizziness.
  • Vasovagal response is the most common cause of dizziness and syncope (passing out), it is an autonomic nervous system problem related to the vagus nerve.
  • Breathing noxious fumes or other gases that disrupt the oxygen content in your blood can make you dizzy.
  • You can become dizzy from dehydration or other causes of low blood volume such as blood loss.
  • Decreased blood flow to the brain can also be caused by blood vessel constrictions or obstructions, especially in the carotid arteries that supply the head with oxygenated blood.
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