Hello.
This topic is not concerned with me but rather my dad.
His visit to the local pool with my 4 year old sister was ended abruptly about an hour ago after he was overcome with severe nausea and dizziness in a matter of minutes.
He vomited after which he managed to get home and is now in bed.
My question is, what is the cause of his condition?
I keep asking him questions about it and all he tells me is that he was hitting a pool ball with his head after which the symptoms overcame him.
My first reaction is that this is some sort of head injury or concussion, but this doesn't make much sense.
How much damage can a light pool rubber ball do to someone's head? Besides, he's been to the pool before with no such symptoms.
I tell him this, but he starts explaining something about his vestibular system and how he's sensitive to motion sickness.
This also doesn't make sense. Motion sickness in a pool? Never heard of it.
This leads me to believe that this is some sort of stomach virus, but he has no fever and no stomach ache or burning sensation. He also says that the onset of nausea was sudden and accompanied by severe dizziness and loss of orientation.
He claims the nausea and vomiting are actually caused by the vestibular unbalance rather than any virus.
He describes the feeling similar to sea sickness which he experienced years ago on a ferry.
I'm truly puzzled and have not answer to his condition.
What troubles me even more is that if this is some sort of freak head injury, it could be very serious and in need of immediate medical attention.
I would appreciate any thoughts on this strange case.