Vertigo
Vertigo is the sense or feeling like everything is spinning or rotating even when a person is holding still. A patient has variety of symptoms like balance disorders, difficulty walking, light headedness. Many people feel nausea or vomiting.
Causes of Vertigo: Vertigo is mostly caused by an inner ear problem. Some common causes are as below.
1. Menier’s Disease: It is caused by build up of fluid and changing pressure in the ear.
2. BPPV: It occurs when tiny calcium particles clump up in canals of the inner ear.
3. Vestibular Neuritis: It is an inner ear problem related to infection around nerves that are important to help the body sense balance.
Sometimes Vertigo may be caused by:
1.Brain problems like stroke or tumor.
2. Medicines that cause ear damage.
3. Migraine headaches.
Treatment of Vertigo:
1. Vestibular Rehabilitation: This therapy help strengthen the vestibular system which helps to send signals to the brain about head and body movements relative to gravity.
2. Canalith Repositioning: In this therapy a series of specific head and body movements are done to move the calcium deposits out of the canal into an inner ear chamber so they can be absorbed by the body.
In some cases where symptoms are like nausea or vomiting, medicine are also prescribed. In some serious cases caused by tumor or injury, Surgery is also done.
Be careful, be healthy.
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