Dizziness After Eating

Are you scared of foods, as you get dizzy after eating? Do you feel fatigued and tired after every meal? If this is the case, you must be looking for ways to cure this problem of dizziness after eating? You can surely cure it yourself by knowing some basic facts such as the various reasons behind your feeling tired after eating, so that you can prevent the occurrence of this eating disorder in future as well. First of all, you should know that dizziness is not a disease in itself. Rather, it is a symptom of some kind of disease which you have been suffering either knowingly or unknowingly. Therefore, the best way to treat dizziness after eating is to remove its cause itself.

There can be various reasons for dizziness after eating. It can be some particular food item present in your meals that does not suit you, or your digestive system finds it difficult to digest. Secondly, you may get a feeling of nausea and dizziness after eating either improperly cooked food or improper (allergy-causing) food itself. The latter may result in food poisoning. Thirdly, eating food hastily or without chewing properly can add to the difficulty of its digestion in the digestive tract, which in turn results in a feeling of dizziness after eating. When you are going through pregnancy, you generally feel dizzy and nauseous after eating. In case, you find none of the above mentioned reasons as the cause of your dizziness after eating, or you have been suffering from this disorder for a long time, the other most probable reasons can be as follows.

Causes of Dizziness After Eating

Diseases of Labyrinth: Labyrinth is a part of auditory system which provides a sense of balance. Any disorder in the labyrinth may disturb its balance maintaining function, which in turn may lead to a feeling of dizziness and fatigue after eating. Such disorders can be labyrinthitis, Meniere's disease and benign positional vertigo.

Osteoarthritis: Older people may develop hardening of the arteries (arthritis) or joints in the neck (osteoarthritis). Such disorders cause pressure on the nerves and blood vessels. This makes the patient feel dizzy and nauseous after eating.

Gastritis: The condition in which the lining of the stomach gets inflamed is called gastritis. Dizziness and feeling tired after eating is a common symptom. Dietary irregularity, eating improperly cooked food, overeating, excessive intake of oily foodstuffs, alcoholism and strong tea or coffee can lead to gastritis.

Emotional Disorders: Stress, worry, grief and prolonged tension or clinical depression in general can eventually lead to dizziness after eating. The condition gets even worse if you have been suffering from any kind of eating disorder such as anorexia.

Heart Disease: A diseased heart may not be able to send sufficient amount of blood to your stomach and intestine. A large or greasy meal may be left unprocessed, which in turn gives you a feeling of dizziness and nausea after eating.

Medicines: Certain medicines such as diuretics, antihistamines, muscle relaxants and medicines for blood pressure control etc. when taken along with meals, can give you dizziness after eating.

Disorders of the Thyroid Gland: Certain thyroid disorders may result in a feeling of dizziness after eating. The most common among them are inflammation of thyroid (thyroiditis) and under activity of thyroid (hypothyroidism). Such disorders may cause you to feel dizzy as well as fatigue after eating.

Renal Disorders: Kidney diseases can lead to dizziness after eating as well. The condition gets worse if you eat processed and salty foods quite often.

Dizziness after eating, mostly indicates some sort of complication related to nervous or digestive system. You should get yourself evaluated and treated well on time. Along with the medical treatment, you can take some measures at the comfort of your home to speed up the recovery process. The following home-remedies will help you recover fast.

Treatment of Dizziness After Eating

• Simple food will help a lot in decreasing the severity of gastritis. If possible, eat only fruits and vegetables only for a few days. You can resume to a balanced diet after the gastritis has subsided.
• Stay away from spices, strong tea or coffee, sauces, condiments, alcohol, tobacco, cakes, pastries, tinned items and aerated drinks.
• Never skip breakfast and take all the meals on time. Try to have dinner two hours before going to bed.
• Try to keep yourself tension free by removing the cause of stress and depression itself. A light walk in the morning, swimming, and yoga meditations will help you lead a tension free life.
• Coconut water helps in good functioning of digestive system, and thus prevents dizziness after eating.
• Rice gruel assists in sufficient production of gastric juice, very necessary for proper digestion. Have rice gruel once or twice a day.
• Amla juice relieves the feeling of dizziness and fatigue to a great extent. You can take 2-3 teaspoons of amla juice twice or thrice a day.
• Saunf stimulates the production of saliva. Saliva decreases the effect of gastritis.

Hope all the above-mentioned home remedies to prevent dizziness after eating, has proved to be of great help to you. Take care!