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BPPV: The 15 minute Wait

After doing the half somersault, the Epley maneuver, or any of the other maneuvers for BPPV on yourself, I recommend that you wait 15 minutes before doing another maneuver. Providers generally don’t wait long between maneuvers, so why should you do this, and what do you do while you’re waiting?

Ask the Doctor: Vague dizziness after maneuvers

BPPV maneuvers got rid of my wife’s room spinning vertigo, but immediately after she now has vague non positional dizziness while standing and walking. From what I read, it could be something called residual dizziness caused by the brain changing how it interpreted signals from the affected ear. Supposedly some exercises with head and eyeContinue reading “Ask the Doctor: Vague dizziness after maneuvers”

Ask the Doctor: Vertigo with nausea

I’ve had several spells of nausea and vertigo. It seemed to come and go, but there was always at least some degree of background nausea. At the worst point I was unable to keep down water and eventually went to the ER and got an IV and some anti-nausea meds. During the worst episode, IContinue reading “Ask the Doctor: Vertigo with nausea”