Sir iam suffering with slight giddiness/vertigo. My doctor suggested ecosprin and vertipress 8mg. After mri to brain. The report is that" small focal areas of abnormal signal seen scattered in the periventricular white matter on either side, of indeterminate nature, concern for ischemic/migranous white matter lesions" iam having neck pains also. The doctor told me that it is common after 45 years age. Use ecosprin tablet life long. Pl suggest me is this vertigo is due to what exactly. Iam 50 years old.

Dr. Karan ThakkarGeneral Physician10yrs exp

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Dear, you need to answer the questions mentioned below to help pinpoint the cause for your symptoms: 1. Time since problem 2. What exactly do you mean by vertigo 3. Do you also experience black outs or faintness or light headedness 4. Do you have any history of heart disease 5. If you experience a spinning sensation, what causes it and for how long does it stay? 6. What leads to resolution of the spinning sensation? 7. Is it associated with nausea or vomiting 8. Do you have any complaints like memory problems, vision problems, hand or leg weakness, imbalance or any needles-pins sensation or any such problems. 9. Do you consume alcohol or tobacco 10. Do you have hearing decrease 11. Do you have any ringing sound or buzzing sound in the ears 12. Do you have heaviness in the ears 13. Any other medical history don't take the vertipress for more than 10 days. It will suppress your body's natural compensatory mechanism and delay recovery. It is very important to find the cause and treat it instead of just suppressing it. Also, do the following test: cbc, serum b12 and vitamin d levels. 

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