WHY why why do I keep falling up or down the stairs? Is there some accident tha!


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WHY why why do I keep falling up or down the stairs? Is there some accident that keeps happening to you?

I have just fallen up the stairs - again. I keep falling up or down them and as time passes it gets more often and more painful.

I just cannot stop doing it. I have fallen in public and private. So far no broken bones but I have hit my face and am in the middle of painful dental treatment. I have tried carpets, no carpets, different footwear, bare feet. My dog stops at the top or bottom to see if I am going to make it safely! I have even gone down two flights in one go at work. I stood at the bottom of the first flight quite dizzy still clutching my unsigned post and stepped backwards down the second flight. I am covered in bumps and bruises my poor partner is getting funny looks whenever I say this has happened, friends have asked if he ever loses his temper with me, poor man and I do not want to leave my little house and move into a bungalow, anyway like I say this happens everywhere.

Anyone have any solutions or do you have a similar problem?

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2 weeks ago
Shar B Not shock tactics please!


Answers:

Maybe you have a problem with coordination - and I don't mean like you can't dance, but a genuine neurological reason for missing steps or miscalculating things. I'm quite silly when it comes to things like that - I tripped over my hairdryer wire four times yesterday, even after moving it twice, but I'm actually thinking of my cat with reference to this queston. Before you giggle and think 'another loony yahoo answerer', here is my logic. My cat is quite young, and cats are supposed to be inherently graceful. Most cats I know of could walk along a washing line and not bat an eyelid. However, my cat has no coordination. He'll jump up on a wide fence, try to walk along it and fall off. He will fall off the arm of a couch. If you're holding him on your lap, he'll slip off your lap. He fell off the bed the other day, I had to actually catch him because he would've fallen and hurt himself, because his reflexes are so poor. Now then, for the science bit! We have not had him diagnosed, but I suspect that he has some kind of dysfunction in his neurological system. Also, when he looks at me, I can see that the has a very slight squint, which could explain why he miscalculates distances and falls off things.

Do you wear glasses? Perhaps it is worth a sight examination to ensure there is no problem with your eyes - you may be able to see just fine, but I'm sure you know that they check for general eye problems as well. Once you've ruled that out, perhaps it is worth going to the doctor and explain the situation. If they don't take you seriously (which a lot of GPs won't do - it takes a lot to make most GPs sit up and notice!), try another doctor, and another, until someone wants to help. It sounds like you've been lucky so far to have escaped serious injury, so get to the bottom of it before your luck runs out! I'm not trying to scare you - I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, but it's worth checking out in order to solve the problem!




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