Vertigo
Vertigo is a sensation where you will feel that the environment around you is moving. In common language, we also call this type of symptom head reeling. Mostly it is a problem seen with senior citizens. It isn’t a disease, rather it’s a symptom of varying conditions.
Symptoms
- Dizziness
- Loss of balance
- Ringing ears
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- A problem in focusing eyes
- Loss of hearing
- Pulled in one direction
- Unbalanced
- Headache
- Sweating
Types of Vertigo
There are three types of Vertigo-
- Peripheral- This happens when there is a problem in the inner ear
- Central- This happens when there is an issue in the brain that may be caused by brain stroke, tumors, infection, or trauma.
- BPPV(Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo)- This is the most common cause of vertigo which occurs due to a change in your head position.
Causes
- Head injury
- Some specific medicines
- Vestibular neuronotis
- Migraine
- BPPV
- Labyrinthitis- If the inner ear labyrinth becomes infected or inflamed.
Treatment
- Medications
- Vestibular rehabilitation- If your vertigo is a result of an inner ear problem, then this therapy is used.
- Surgery
- CRP(Canalith Repositioning procedure)- If you have BPPV then this procedure will help you to move calcium deposits to your inner ear chamber where they will be absorbed by the body.
