Author Archives: Vertigone

Which ear, which vertigo diagnosis?

It can be hard to figure out which ear is the source of the vertigo you are experiencing.   It’s possible to do this if your vertigo has one of these characteristics: If you can set off the vertigo with movement, you can use the movement as a clue.  If the vertigo comes on when lyingContinue reading “Which ear, which vertigo diagnosis?”

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Shingles in the ear

If you had chickenpox in childhood, the virus that caused it is still alive in your body and can reactivate later in life. It lives on in a dormant state in the neurons (nerve cells) that cluster in nerve enlargements called ganglia. If it suddenly awakens as you age, it can migrate down the nervesContinue reading “Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Shingles in the ear”