Low blood pressure and anemia can cause dizziness. Other things may cause dizziness and light-headedness as well, such as dehydration, anxiety, medications used to treat nausea and vomiting, anti-seizure medications, biotherapy and chemotherapy agents and certain antibiotics.  

If you experience dizziness, let your medical team know when it occurred, and what you were doing at the time. You will also be asked to distinguish between dizziness or light-headedness and vertigo. Vertigo is a feeling that the room is spinning around you. 

What you can do: 

• Rise slowly when getting up from a lying or sitting position.

• Stay well hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids

• Do not drive or engage in potentially dangerous activities when you may be dizzy or lightheaded

This page was last edited on 06/19/2003
Written by Rachael Myers Lowe, cancerpage.com
Reviewed by Sara Parkerson, RN, MSN, OCN,  and Maureen Wilkie, RN, CCM