By far the most common cause of inner-ear-related vertigo is BPPV, with brief spins brought on by lying down or rolling over in bed. However, there are many other causes of vertigo, and it can be very confusing to figure out which one is the problem if you have something more complicated than BPPV. OneContinue reading “Aural vertigo comes in two flavors”
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BPPV treatment: Turning 45 degrees?
A positional vertigo patient struggles to understand how to do the maneuver for the right ear: TURN HEAD TOWARDS ELBOW? Which part of head, the chin or the back of the head? Picture shows back of head towards rt elbow. I don’t see any 45 degree angle; the head looks almost in same plane asContinue reading “BPPV treatment: Turning 45 degrees?”
Do BPPV crystals dissolve?
The crystals that cause vertigo spells in BPPV come from the utricle, a gravity sensor in the ear. This sticky sensor is covered by crystals that are held to it by a meshwork of fibers connecting them to each other, rather like a very sticky cargo net. When crystals break off the sensor, they canContinue reading “Do BPPV crystals dissolve?”
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