Nuclear Iodine Thyroid Scan
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Nuclear Iodine Thyroid Scan
| Wed, 12-01-2004 - 12:59pm |
I had the Nuclear Iodine Thyroid Scan done this past Monday and Tuesday. I took the pill at 7:30AM Monday, went back for the first part of the scan at 1:30PM the same day and again at 7:30AM on Tuesday. During the first part of the scan on Monday, I felt some light headness while lying on the table and when the scan was over, I almost passed out when I tried to sit up. I continue to feel what the technician called "Vertigo", yet say it's not from the Iodine pill. I had no problems until I did this test. Do you know of anyone else experiencing this? Should I contact my doctor? ANY information is welcomed! Thanks, Carole
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Hi Carole,
I just read your response to backwardsangel and your story prompted me to respond here.
I don't know anything about the tests you had done, but something else got me to thinking...
If you have a "mass" growing in your neck (and I think you said it's near an ear) that could be causing some of the dizziness/vertigo problems.
Years ago I was in a car accident, and the one thing that lingered for a long time was dizziness/motion sickness problems. I learned a lot about the "balance centers" in the brain. Inside everyones ear are 5 little bones/areas that control the balance center of your brain. If any one of them is slightly off, you can experience dizziness. Here's the problem, they can only actually "test" 3 of these areas, and the tests are not to reliable (in my opinion). One of these areas is made up of really small little hairlike "things" (LOL! I can't think of what they are!) that if one of those little "hairs" gets broken, you could be getting dizzy!
So my point to all this is, if that mass is getting close to the balance centers in your ear, it could be "distorting" those areas/bones/whatever and causing dizziness. You may want to ask your doc about that.
When I had "dizzy problems" I saw a neurologist (among others) and while I hate to suggest yet ANOTHER doctor, perhaps a trip to a neurologist might answer some questions about the dizziness.
Hope that helps...
dazed
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What you say makes a lot of sense. But is it just coincidence that I didn't feel any of the dizziness until the day I took the Nuclear Iodine pill? And I mean NO dizziness at all! When I was lying on the table for the first part of the scan which takes 30 minutes, at one point around the beginning of the test, that's when I felt my first dizzy sensation. I was thinking maybe because I was lying with my head tilting back. SOMEWHERE in cyber space, I read an article about how on some occagions this nuclear test is done to either destroy some of the thyroid problems (I should have paid closer attention) to help put the thyroid back on track or kill off cells, or something like this (like I said, I SHOULD have paid closer attention). So, I'm wondering if maybe something got dislodged (yeah, part of my brain, no doubt :D )during the scan? I seem to be a bit better today. I noticed that I can actually lie down (I tested it twice this morning) without feeling like the bed is trying to pull me into it. But I'm walking kind of left-sided, running into walls, which I do have a clumsiness habit, but this is really something, even for me!
Thank you for responding and for your suggestions. I am going to give myself until Monday to clear up. I also read somewhere that antihistamines sometimes help, so I took some of them earlier. You have some wise advice, thank you for sharing it!
Carole
Unfortunately Carol, yes it could very well be coincidence. But I will admit the timing is uncanny if it is!
You're right antihistamines can help if the dizziness is caused by any kind of congestion in the "ears, nose, and throat" areas.
It's possible that laying in that sort of tilted position could have triggered some fluid to flow into your inner ear areas and could have caused a minor inner ear infection that is making you dizzy.
Unfortunately (again) the inner ear (and associated dizziness) is a tough one to call.
The intensity of the dizziness you are describing is a bit more than what is "normal" for inner ear problems.
I think what you are experiencing is enough to warrant a call to your doctor!
Dazed
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I had that uptake test done.
Carole