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”
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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 enoughContinue reading “Muffled hearing and ringing in the ears”
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 meansContinue reading “Subjective vs. Objective Vertigo”
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