Most people are confusing the vertigo with simple dizzinessinstability, the tendency to faint or the “blur” and the “weight” on the head (like what one feels after drinking alcohol). But vertigo is the illusion that someone is moving or rotating – even in sober moments – while in fact it is stationary. This symptom causes terrible confusion and anxiety. That is why it must be investigated by experts.

The good news: the vertigo is not a condition but a symptom

Although vertigo is not a condition but a symptom, it requires the diagnostic evaluation of several specialties, most commonly the physician, the otolaryngologist, the neurologist, the ophthalmologist and the cardiologist. In 90% of cases the vertigo usually occurs due to the problems of the maze (the balance of balance), while much more rarely (10%) is caused by severe neurological problems. But although vertigo has an “explosive” character and symptoms that scare, it is rarely related to something serious about health. In other words, a vertigo is always an urgent issue, but fortunately it is rarely a serious medical issue.

The most common causes of appearance and their symptoms

– vestibular neuronitis: It is characterized by a sudden onset with intense vertigo and vomiting, exacerbated by any head movement. It lasts from a few days to three weeks.
– Benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo: Characteristic of the disease is the challenge of the symptoms of vertigo, when the patient lies a supine with his head facing sideways, on the side of the affected labyrinth.
– Meniere’s disease: The disease is characterized by significant acoustic disorders, which last from 30 minutes to 24 hours. In addition to the vertigo, the patient has hearing loss, tinnitus and a feeling of fullness. Hearing loss is not permanent, but it improves after a recurrence.
– Acoustic neurinoma: It is a benign tumor, increasing slowly causing one -sided hearing, tinnitus and vertigo. The vertigo is transient and lasts from 30 minutes to a few weeks. However, hearing loss is permanent and progressively deteriorating.
– Conservation of the Labyrinth: It is due to injuries and head injuries. In addition to the vertigo, the injured may have hearing loss and tinnitus.
– Migraine -related vertigo: In the context of a migraine episode, the patient may also develop vertigo, hearing loss and tinnitus. Characteristics of migraine are the sensitivity of the sufferer to sounds and light.

The Role of Otolaryngologist in Diagnosis and Final Treatment

Basic is the obtaining a detailed historical, neurotheological-acoustic control (tutorial, tympanogram, otolate emissions, acoustic challenges of brain brain stroke-Dixhallpike-, electropography). It is often necessary for diagnosis and some imaging examination with a computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.

Cause of vertigo and ways of therapeutic treatment

The vertigo is treated according to the cause that causes him. Treatment in cases of labyrinth fifer can include either medication, vestibular anti -anti -ordeal exercises or, in some cases, surgery. Medication essentially provides relief from symptoms such as nausea and severe dizziness associated with vertigo. However, if diagnostic testing is found in the infection in the ears or in the marine cavities, then the use of antibiotics is also required. It is worth noting that in the benign paroxysmal position the treatment is achieved by special exercises called EPLEY manipulations. These are head movements under the guidance of the otolaryngologist in the field of the clinic, and have immediate control and relief of the symptom of the vertigo resulting in a very happy patient who is completely well done in a minute.