Dizziness sometimes crops up in people with perfectly normal balance systems. Motion sickness is an example of this, but there are other forms, too. Your inner ears constantly detect whether or not your head is moving, but your eyes also do this. As you turn your head, your eyes move to counter-balance the head movement,Continue reading “Do you get dizzy from heights?”
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Treating the canalith jam form of BPPV
Blockages in the canal that keep particles from exiting with maneuvers are very rare, fewer than 1 in 100 cases of BPPV. We don’t yet know exactly how rare it is. However, these rare cases can still be treated with maneuvers. Some modifications are needed to get the particles past the blockage.
Canalith jam: a rare cause of BPPV
Rarely, maneuvers don’t seem to work, even though the vertigo seems to be BPPV. The affected person is able to make spells happen by making head movements like lying down, rolling over or tipping the head up, but the particles seem to be stuck, unable to exit the ear. Each time a maneuver is done,Continue reading “Canalith jam: a rare cause of BPPV”
Ending Vertigo Today 