Suggest Treatment For Dizziness And Nausea

Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2014

Question: Hi, I had a sudden terrible dizziness come onto me today. I went to the urgent care where they told me, I have Vertigo. I got an IV with some inflammation reducer and some nausea medication. I felt better, the dizziness wasn't that bad. Came home and now 3 hours later I started to feel dizzy again.

Answered by Dr. Hariom Sharma (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Go for Vestibular Battery test

Detailed Answer:
Hi Mam,
I have gone through your query; it suggests that you most probabaly suffering from the peripheral vertigo according to your history.
For your kind information vertigo is of two types-central origin and peripheral origin.

But to rule out other disease and to reach the near diagnosis you may go for
1. Vestibular battery test.
2. Pure tone audiometry and
3. Impedance audiometry.

Thanks
Wish you good Health

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju