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. SheContinue reading “Vertigo, headaches and palpitations”
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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 itContinue reading “Is my vertigo Meniere’s?”
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, unlessContinue reading “Drop Attacks in Vertigo Patients”
