“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 enoughContinue reading “Muffled hearing and ringing in the ears”
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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?”
What is PPPD?
One of the many rhyming acronyms in vestibular disorders is PPPD, or Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness. Because the diagnosis is based on symptoms only, with no objective signs, it has become overused, and the diagnosis can be given to almost anyone who has anxiety combined with dizziness. Dizziness causes anxiety, so it’s extremely easy toContinue reading “What is PPPD?”
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