Is vertigo correlated with thyroid nodules?
I had a terrifying and debilitating episode of vertigo two months ago that got me hospitalized. Tests following that is where they found my thyroid nodule. I had said that the TR5 was more manageable for me to accept than the vertigo. Last night I had another episode of vertigo and it is still lingering. Is this related to thyroid? Anyone know? I've had several ct brain tests, ENT visits and evals, hearing tests, and apart from some fluid in temporal lobe which seemed of no concern to three specialists, they've found no reason for the vertigo. Anyone else with similar symptom? I can't live in fear of having these episodes. I'm carrying Meclizine wherever I go, but find I am hesitant to commit to things like cross-country flights and performances (I'm in the performing arts field).
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In am actually wondering the same thing since my thyroid mass (4CM) is resting and pushing against my carotid artery, esophagus and trachea. I was diagnosed a couple years ago with vertigo
And the first episode made me think I was having a stroke and my blood pressure shot up Terribly high. My husband called 911 and I spent the night in the hospital and came home with meclicine which to me is quite a miracle drug if I take it quick enough to keep the vertigo from going full blown. Now that the mass is bothering me and I will be having it removed soon because it scares me and I have to sleep
Sitting up so it doesn’t make me uncomfortable or make me feel
Like I’m being choked. I am wondering if the dizziness, tingling up the back of head, mental fatigue, eye sight issues are from the mass being in the way of my breathing. The ringing in my left ear is getting much worse also. My hearing is still very good thank goodness. I k ow this isn’t answering your question. But hoping we both can get answers. Also because of the position of the mass they may have to break my collar bone to get to it.
Hoping for easier solution although I feel I shouldn’t wait for it to get any bigger before it is even more difficult to reach.
I have a 4CM tumor that was apparently not seen when I had a total thyroidectomy. Problem is it is hiding behind my left clavicle and pushing on my carotid artery , trachea and esophagus. My ENT surgeon wants to remove it (it was found to be Benign even though I had a miniscule amount of carcinoma in my thyroid when they removed all of it) -BUT of course they missed this growth that was laying low. I can't sleep flat and haven't been for quite awhile because the growth interferes with throat and sleeping so I sleep sitting up all the time. I'm very light headed when I bend down and actually have loud ringing in my ears that I can avoid during the day but not at night. I did have a vertigo attack a couple years ago and whenever I feel it coming on I take meclicine and it works. So My surgeon has a vascular surgeaon thoracic surgeon that will both in the surgery with him since the location is difficult. I go for a second opinion to see what they can tell me. Of course I am hoping they can shrink the tumor and not do surgery or shrink it and suck it out but right now it sounds like remove clavicle or open sternum since it reaches to the sternum. How did you have your tumor removed and where was it?? Did you have to have your sternum opened or clavicle removed? Seems rather radical to me but I get it since its been growing since I had the rest of my thyroid removed. Not sure after all the CT scans I've had and all the times I
ve mentioned prolems with swallowing and light headedness why this wasn't caught before the total thyroid was removed. I'm sure it was there at that time.
My apologies I haven’t been keeping up with this blog. I’m 14 months post surgery and the vertigo has subsided to some extent, specifically I no longer experience it when I turn to or lay on my right. It’s now very random and unpredictable but generally exacerbated with prolonged computer use or any type of screen time. I’ve had all kinds of neurological testing, physical therapy and balance therapy over the past year and a half so pre surgery to post surgery but no definitive diagnosis and all I am able to do is mitigate the risk by avoiding or limiting certain actions. Coincidentally thyroid hormone replacement (I am on levothyroxine) does have a possible side effect of vertigo. I also have other conditions that could cause these complications such as diabetes, although more controlled over the past 2 months, and most recently rheumatoid arthritis which does have some possible vertigo specific to polyarthritis in the knees or feet, so the etiology of my vertigo remains a mystery. What I have found more often than not is that most providers dismiss it as coincidental or benign so rather that continue to be prodded and pay numerous copays I’ve given up and just done my best to manage day by day.