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…
Should you do vestibular exercises after BPPV?
A reader whose BPPV resolved with maneuvers wonders whether there is any benefit or downside to doing other vestibular exercises after BPPV is over, like turning the head left and right while walking or moving the head rapidly up- and downward or diagonally. There are many different vestibular exercises that are used for an assortment…
Help! I fell after bending over
I’ve had plenty of vertigo in the past, but I wasn’t dizzy at all when I fell. I just bent over to pick up a heavy pot, and tipped right over. Sometimes when hiking on hills I’ll lose my balance, and I’ve fallen a couple of times. I’m in my 70’s, is this normal? Falling…
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