Vitamins, minerals, and vertigo
It has long been known that diet can affect some vertigo disorders. Vitamins and minerals can help in some conditions but may not do much in other dizziness disorders. This article will break down some of the key categories of dizziness and how they respond to dietary treatments. BPPV (Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) is the…
Foods, supplements and vertigo: Part 1
If you do an AI search on foods to embrace or avoid for vertigo, you will get a long list of suggestions. We are told to stay hydrated, avoid salt, take calcium, magnesium or vitamin D, and to avoid caffeine and alcohol, just for starters. Some lists have dozens of do’s and don’ts. Have people…
Vertigo, headaches and palpitations
A reader writes in with a group of puzzling symptoms: After a lifetime of excellent balance, she experienced slight dizziness and instability that gradually worsened over a few weeks. There was also a low, deeply vibratory sound in the right ear. This was followed by severe vertigo for which weeks were spent in bed. She…
Rocking vertigo and PMDD
A reader writes: I have a general sensation that I am on a boat. It is the worst in the morning and I am finding that I have difficulty walking straight and really have to concentrate on keeping my balance during the first hour of the day. Rocking vertigo is a feeling of continuous up-and-down,…
Is my vertigo Meniere’s?
(My doctor) says I have beginning of Meniere’s but I truly don’t believe so. I only have one symptom, vertigo, no loss of hearing or ringing at time of the episode. My vertigo comes on when my left ear is plugged and feels full of fluid due to allergies, (which I always have). Usually it…
Drop Attacks in Vertigo Patients
If you have vertigo, you will have noticed that your balance can be so impaired that you may fall. There are lots of other reasons for falls (fainting, for example), but if the fall is due to the inner ear there is one important characteristic: you don’t lose consciousness before the fall. In fact, unless…
Muffled hearing and ringing in the ears
“I woke up with extreme nausea, the room was spinning, my eyes were extremely sensitive to light. I didn’t think much of it at the time, I had thought maybe I was coming down with a virus or that I was extremely dehydrated. A couple days after that I started to get migraines severe enough…
Subjective vs. Objective Vertigo
Sometimes when discussing vertigo with a patient, providers try to decide if the vertigo the patient is experiencing is subjective or objective. What does this mean, and what are the implications for treatment? “Subjective” means an internal feeling that only you experience and that is not visible to others. When referring to vertigo, it means…
Newsflash: Read our newest story
It’s been 250 years since the American Revolution began so I thought I would indulge something besides my vertigo interest. Here is a link to my new article on the American Revolution, for those history buffs out there! Invading Canada: The First Scout of 1775 is a story of a scouting expedition at the start…
What happens to BPPV crystals after maneuvers remove them?
After successful maneuvers, one of our readers wondered about the fate of the removed crystals. Do they go back to their original position in the gravity sensor, get washed away from the inner ear, or dissolve? If so, can they regenerate? The otoconia are the crystals of calcium carbonate in the inner ear that are…
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