Tag Archives: vertigo

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Shingles in the ear

If you had chickenpox in childhood, the virus that caused it is still alive in your body and can reactivate later in life. It lives on in a dormant state in the neurons (nerve cells) that cluster in nerve enlargements called ganglia. If it suddenly awakens as you age, it can migrate down the nervesContinue reading “Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Shingles in the ear”

Ask The Doctor: Nausea and Vertigo

Thank you, thank you Dr Foster, for making this video!! I had terrible vertigo for days and it was so intense one morning that I vomited.  I tried the Epley maneuver and it was only marginally effective. I had to do the half somersault a few times to completely resolve the vertigo, but it didContinue reading “Ask The Doctor: Nausea and Vertigo”

Ask the Doctor: Stress and vertigo

When I first started having these periods of dizziness, I was told it was stress. It seems that stress gets blamed for a lot of vertigo. Is that true? Mine still keeps coming back but I am about to use your method. Thank you so much. Stress seems to make every symptom worse.  It’s rareContinue reading “Ask the Doctor: Stress and vertigo”