Hypoxia and Medicine

What could cause someone to begin having problems with equilibrium - clumsiness, falls accidental burns, cuts?

A 47-year-old female in generally good health. Problems have been ongoing for six months, but sometimes worse than others. The most serious problems include sudden loss of balance and falling around the house, difficulty judging the height of things like steps up and steps down, knocking things over, spilling and dropping things often. The worse problem is numerous kitchen mishaps, such as accidental burns while cooking and using knives or scissors. On occasion, there is also other cognitive stuff, like being unable to recall or spell simple words, transposing letters and numbers. Whereas multi-tasking was once very easy, now even doing one thing at a time requires significant focus and time. The one possible medical issue may be chronic insomnia of LONG standing (over thirteen years), due to a year-long period where 24/7 vigilance over a terminally ill child with serious feeding and breathing problems and seizures was necessary. The child passed away over ten years ago, but since that time, deep, restorative sleep has been severely lacking. Dozens of OTC and prescription sleep medications, including ones typically used for other conditions, have been successful in treating the sleep problem. Correction: Meant to say the drugs have NOT been successful in treating the sleep problem

Public Comments

1. Over analyzing everything. You peaked my interest after the 3rd sentence.
2. The clumsiness sounds like it may be inner ear. Should see a doctor. Inner ear can be very serious, and cause many problems. If not inner ear, still need to see doctor.
3. Middle Ear problem.
4. vertigo??
5. I hope this is not the case, but it sounds like you may have early signs of dementia. It usually starts by debilitating you physically. My best friends mother had it and these sound like some of the same things that happened to her in the beginning.
6. I'd say maybe an ear issue.. have his ears checked out. Also try the link below. It's great for all kinds of medical issues. good luck