What is Vertigo ?
Vertigo is a sensation of spinning dizziness or feeling off balance. A person with vertigo will have a sense that their head, or their surrounding environment, is moving or spinning.
Causes
Vertigo can also be caused by or related to:
- migraine headaches
- head injuries or trauma
- taking certain medication
- ear surgery
- prolonged bed rest
- perilymphatic fistula, a tear in one or both of the membranes separating the middle and inner ear causing leakage of inner ear fluid into the middle ear
- herpes zoster oticus, acute viral infection of shingles close to the ear affecting the facial nerve, also known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- otosclerosis, a middle ear bone problem that causes hearing loss
- side effects of medication or drug toxicity
- syphilis
- stroke
- transient ischemic attack
- cerebellar or brainstem disease, such as a tumor or stroke
- acoustic neuroma, a benign growth on the vestibular nerve that traverses between the inner ear to the brain
- multiple sclerosis
Symptoms
Vertigo is often triggered by a change in the position of your head and Best Neurology Treatment In Hyderabad has to be provided to the person who are facing the symptoms .
- Spinning
- Swaying
- Tilting
- Unbalanced
- Pulled to one direction
Other symptoms that may accompany vertigo include:
- Feeling nauseated
- Vomiting
- Abnormal or jerking eye movements (nystagmus)
- Headache
- Sweating
- Ringing in the ears or hearing loss
Treatment
Dizziness often gets better without treatment. If you seek treatment, your Neurologist in KPHB colony will base it on the cause of your condition and your symptoms at Best Neurology Hospital in Hyderabad. It may include medications and balance exercises. Even if no cause is found or if your dizziness persists, prescription drugs and other treatments may make your symptoms more manageable.
Surgical and other procedures
- Injections. Your inner ear in injected with the antibiotic gentamicin to disable the balance function. The unaffected ear takes over that function.
- Removal of the inner ear sense organ. A procedure that's rarely used is called labyrinthectomy. It disables the vestibular labyrinth in the affected ear. The other ear takes over the balance function. If you have serious hearing loss and your dizziness hasn't responded to other treatments, this technique may be used.
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