Headstands causes glaucoma?

[puntingking]

Hello.

This may seem like a odd question to all of you.
Lately, I have been doing headstands as I thought it may help with dizziness (according to Dr Google) been doing it for a number of days.
I been feeling strong pressure in my eyes while doing it but carried on anyway as I thought that what it meant to feel like. 
Anyway while researching why this may be, this led me to a few articles that found that glaucoma is caused by high pressure to the eyes.

Which in turn triggered a fear in me that this may of trigger a eye issue for me.

My question is probably a hypochondriac one but nevertheless = is it possible for me to now have a eye problem for doing these headstands for a few days? 


Note: I only felt strong pressure in my eyes while doing the headstands 

[tantric talents]

Can I ask how long you are doing this for each time. Also your rough age and general fitness?
You really need to get your dizziness investigated by a doctor first. It may just be a bit of vertigo and there are various ways of dealing with this.

[Doc Holliday]

FFS these threads are getting ridiculous.

If you have vertigo it needs diagnosis not standing on your head ... which if it is due to inner ear problems especially could make it worse.

If you do a headstand it is normal to feel pressure in your head including your eyes. It will not cause glaucoma.

If you have glaucoma, which is caused by pressure within the eye, you will not actually feel that pressure, but if you have any symptoms at all it will be disturbances in vision.

So stop standing on your head, using google and asking on punting forums. Get your vertigo checked out by your GP.

[jeanphillipe]

FFS these threads are getting ridiculous.

If you have vertigo it needs diagnosis not standing on your head ... which if it is due to inner ear problems especially could make it worse.

If you do a headstand it is normal to feel pressure in your head including your eyes. It will not cause glaucoma.

If you have glaucoma, which is caused by pressure within the eye, you will not actually feel that pressure, but if you have any symptoms at all it will be disturbances in vision.

So stop standing on your head, using google and asking on punting forums. Get your vertigo checked out by your GP.

I've been dangling from the window ledge as I read in Google it makes you taller. Do you think it will work?

[Harry Monk]

I've been dangling from the window ledge as I read in Google it makes you taller. Do you think it will work?

What have you been dangling ? You'll get arrested.

[daviemac]

FFS these threads are getting ridiculous.

Who needs doctors when there's google, facebook and a punting forum to keep you right.   

[winkywanky]

Well at least with Doc H we have two out of four, which ain't bad   

[puntingking]

Can I ask how long you are doing this for each time. Also your rough age and general fitness?
You really need to get your dizziness investigated by a doctor first. It may just be a bit of vertigo and there are various ways of dealing with this.

It is my blood pressure that is causing the dizziness.
I suffer from low blood pressure but I the gp will not put me on medication to raise my blood pressure yet till I have a blood pressure monitor machine fitted for 7 days but my appointment not till late January and it may even be cancelled cause of covid filling up all London hospitals. They already cancelled hospital appointments for non urgent care for the first 2 weeks of January.

[Thephoenix]

I tend to go gozzy reading all these posts

[mr.bluesky]

I stand with my feet in a bucket of compost will that make me grow taller 

[daviemac]

It is my blood pressure that is causing the dizziness.
I suffer from low blood pressure but I the gp will not put me on medication to raise my blood pressure yet till I have a blood pressure monitor machine fitted for 7 days but my appointment not till late January and it may even be cancelled cause of covid filling up all London hospitals. They already cancelled hospital appointments for non urgent care for the first 2 weeks of January.

I don't know where you were looking to find standing on your head helps, did you not think to look on the NHS website for tips on how to ease the symptoms yourself. In fact one of the suggestions, raising the head of your bed, is the exact opposite of standing on your head
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Also it might be worth getting a blood pressure monitor yourself so you can keep and eye on it.

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[puntingking]

FFS these threads are getting ridiculous.

If you have vertigo it needs diagnosis not standing on your head ... which if it is due to inner ear problems especially could make it worse.

If you do a headstand it is normal to feel pressure in your head including your eyes. It will not cause glaucoma.

If you have glaucoma, which is caused by pressure within the eye, you will not actually feel that pressure, but if you have any symptoms at all it will be disturbances in vision.

So stop standing on your head, using google and asking on punting forums. Get your vertigo checked out by your GP.

This is reassuring.

I felt stupid typing this post on here so I understand your comment with it being ridiculous but I wanted this to be address and with it being Christmas holidays and things not operating normally I felt I will just type my concern on here to see what you guys thought.

I think this problem is due to my low blood pressure rather than vertigo.

Thanks for your advice 

[puntingking]

I don't know where you were looking to find standing on your head helps, did you not think to look on the NHS website for tips on how to ease the symptoms yourself. In fact one of the suggestions, raising the head of your bed, is the exact opposite of standing on your head
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Also it might be worth getting a blood pressure monitor yourself so you can keep and eye on it.

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Thanks daviemac a lot for this.
I will get blood pressure monitor. 

[daviemac]

Thanks daviemac a lot for this.
I will get blood pressure monitor. 

I've got one, you can get them online for around £20, you just put the cuff on and press the button.  BTW, that little bit of extra information about your BP makes it far easier to give advice.   

[jeanphillipe]

What have you been dangling ?

Deez

[Kev40ish]

It appears the only place to go for medical advice is Ukpunting.com.
I am surprised more people don’t use it; maybe now it’s open to new members there will be an increase as the NHS are obviously swamped at the moment 

[Waterhouse]

Google is not your friend if you use it for looking up symptoms and even less so when it comes to triage or suggesting a diagnosis.

If you have concerns then speak with your GP or other qualified, professional medical specialist - not a forum of punters or the worlds biggest gathering of wannabe medics and hypochondriacs who post on various sites and forums which your Google and Bing searches will feed to you.

 

[Milfman1112]

Get a grip ffs and call your doctor, forget google, that always throws up worst case scenario.

[mr.bluesky]

I've got one, you can get them online for around £20, you just put the cuff on and press the button.  BTW, that little bit of extra information about your BP makes it far easier to give advice.   

Call in at your local Boots the chemist shop they also sell them.

[Thephoenix]

I actually think Google can be very useful to look up symptoms etc, but only if you use a reputable site like NHS, although at worst it can make you think you've got every malady under the sun.
Of course any concerns should then be followed up with a phone call to your primary care advisor, 111 service etc depending on the severity of your symptoms.
Google is a good servant but a bad master.

[Milfman1112]

Agree but too many people dont use common sense with it,

Hence standing on head for dizzyness

[Doc Holliday]

BTW, that little bit of extra information about your BP makes it far easier to give advice.   

Doesn't it just.

[Doc Holliday]

I felt stupid typing this post on here so I understand your comment with it being ridiculous but I wanted this to be address and with it being Christmas holidays and things not operating normally I felt I will just type my concern on here to see what you guys thought.

Apologies for being abrupt but it came in the back of this thread, which I have added to this morning https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=289883.0

Yes healthcare is totally fucked at the moment.

[Doc Holliday]

Well at least with Doc H we have two out of four, which ain't bad   

Not any more ... I am done with responding to any of these health threads which IMO should just carry a message saying see your doctor and then locked/deleted.

[Blackpool Rock]

I actually think Google can be very useful to look up symptoms etc, but only if you use a reputable site like NHS, although at worst it can make you think you've got every malady under the sun.
Of course any concerns should then be followed up with a phone call to your primary care advisor, 111 service etc depending on the severity of your symptoms.
Google is a good servant but a bad master.

Yes I think it's only natural to look on the internet to try and work out what may be wrong with you however every time i've looked it doesn't seem to matter what symptoms I put in the wide range of diagnosis invariably comes back saying I could have anything between a common cold and something so terminal that i probably won't finish reading the article 

It's OK as a guide to give you ideas or an indication but the trouble is people self diagnose then get fixed on that actually being what they have and won't let it go

[Blackpool Rock]

Not any more ... I am done with responding to any of these health threads which IMO should just carry a message saying see your doctor and then locked/deleted.

Oh come on Doc, I actually think there's merit in starting a whole new thread "Ask Doc" where people can get advice from you 

Actually while i've got your attention.................. 

[Doc Holliday]

Actually while i've got your attention.................. 

F**k off. 

[puntingking]

Apologies for being abrupt but it came in the back of this thread, which I have added to this morning https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=289883.0

Yes healthcare is totally fucked at the moment.

 

[puntingking]

I've got one, you can get them online for around £20, you just put the cuff on and press the button.  BTW, that little bit of extra information about your BP makes it far easier to give advice.   

 

[winkywanky]

Not any more ... I am done with responding to any of these health threads which IMO should just carry a message saying see your doctor and then locked/deleted.

I know where you're coming from Doc.

But al least if a real medical professional like yourself tells someone to go see their own Doc, they're more likely to do as they're told IMO. Especially if you are blunt about it  .

Blocking the thread early on is perhaps not a bad idea in at least some cases.

[dmitrybulgakov]

Hello.

This may seem like a odd question to all of you.
Lately, I have been doing headstands as I thought it may help with dizziness (according to Dr Google) been doing it for a number of days.
I been feeling strong pressure in my eyes while doing it but carried on anyway as I thought that what it meant to feel like. 
Anyway while researching why this may be, this led me to a few articles that found that glaucoma is caused by high pressure to the eyes.

Which in turn triggered a fear in me that this may of trigger a eye issue for me.

My question is probably a hypochondriac one but nevertheless = is it possible for me to now have a eye problem for doing these headstands for a few days? 


Note: I only felt strong pressure in my eyes while doing the headstands 

It is called as "Shirshasana" yoga pose. On the contrary it helps overall health when done right.  But if I remember correctly, it is inadvisable for people with existing glaucoma.

It is an advanced Yoga pose, and must be done under supervision to start with.. Don't just tip your toe into it mate!

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[tantric talents]

It is called as "Shirshasana" yoga pose. On the contrary it helps overall health when done right.  But if I remember correctly, it is inadvisable for people with existing glaucoma.

It is an advanced Yoga pose, and must be done under supervision to start with.. Don't just tip your toe into it mate!

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Yes, this is really something for an adept and should only be done for short periods as it puts excessive strain and compression on the cervical vertebrae.

Most of the benefits of Shirshasana can be achieved  by judicious use of a gravity inversion table which is also great for both organ realignment and lower back problems.

[daviemac]

It is called as "Shirshasana" yoga pose. On the contrary it helps overall health when done right.  But if I remember correctly, it is inadvisable for people with existing glaucoma.

It is an advanced Yoga pose, and must be done under supervision to start with.. Don't just tip your toe into it mate!

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Why are you suggesting it here if it's an advanced yoga pose? The OP has a recognised medical condition that is causing his issues, he now has a link to official medical advice on how to alleviate his symptoms and knows how he can monitor his blood pressure whilst waiting for correct medical treatment.

[tynetunnel]

Not going to be an issue for me as I am far too weighty to stand on my head. I’d crush my neck! 

[dmitrybulgakov]

Why are you suggesting it here if it's an advanced yoga pose? The OP has a recognised medical condition that is causing his issues, he now has a link to official medical advice on how to alleviate his symptoms and knows how he can monitor his blood pressure whilst waiting for correct medical treatment.

I am not suggesting and promoting anything. I merely told the technical name for it.

And I also said that it has health benefits in general, and is inadvisable for anyone with the named medical condition.

[Thephoenix]

Not any more ... I am done with responding to any of these health threads which IMO should just carry a message saying see your doctor and then locked/deleted.

Oh Doctor, I'm in trouble.
                                             .....Well goodness gracious me!
A flush comes to my face, and my heart begins to race.
It goes boom boody boom boody boom boody boom boody boom boody boom boody boom boom boom.
Boom boody boom boody boom boody boom.
                                              ......Well goodness gracious me!

[puntingking]

It is called as "Shirshasana" yoga pose. On the contrary it helps overall health when done right.  But if I remember correctly, it is inadvisable for people with existing glaucoma.

It is an advanced Yoga pose, and must be done under supervision to start with.. Don't just tip your toe into it mate!

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Ok. I won't do it from now on anyways. I only done it about a handful of times for a few minutes at a time. I am reassured that them few times I did it would not influenced any eye issues for me.
I suppose I would have to undertake this practice alot for it to influence a negative effect on my eye sight.
Thanks for the info. 

[fisherofsouls]

I have spent over 40 years pulling on my wing-wang but it's the same length it always was