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What Is The Cause And Treatment For BPPV?
Question: I have been diagnosed with BPPV. When I lay down and change positions I can feel it and when I recline and move my head to the right it comes on strong. I have been treated and I have done some exercises at home. It's been better in bed and when I first get out of bed I don't feel it as much. The last few days though. I have noticed problems with balance or what feels like sways when I look down or just when I move my head at certain angles. Yet I'm able to recline and move head to the right without symptoms. Can the feelings I'm getting just be the crystals effecting me different than before. I'm very worried about it being something serious.
Brief Answer:
still in keeping with BPPV
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) is one of the most common causes of peripheral vertigo (vertigo not associated with the brain and spinal cord).
As its names suggest, the vertigo tends to occur with certain positions. The positions can vary during the course of the illness and may also vary from one person to the next with this condition.
The loss of balance when you are looking down and when your head is at certain angles is related to the BPPV.
The other common causes of peripheral vertigo are menieres and vestibular neuronitis but these are a little different than the BPPV. In menieres, there is usually hearing loss and tinnitus.
IN vestibular neuronitis, the episodes of vertigo lasts for hours at a time.
BPPV is normally treated with certain maneuvers that you probably had at your doctor's office, the epley or semont maneuvers.
Despite these , it can sometimes still last for a long period of time in some persons.
Summary: (1) the symptoms are still in keeping with BPPV
i hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
still in keeping with BPPV
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) is one of the most common causes of peripheral vertigo (vertigo not associated with the brain and spinal cord).
As its names suggest, the vertigo tends to occur with certain positions. The positions can vary during the course of the illness and may also vary from one person to the next with this condition.
The loss of balance when you are looking down and when your head is at certain angles is related to the BPPV.
The other common causes of peripheral vertigo are menieres and vestibular neuronitis but these are a little different than the BPPV. In menieres, there is usually hearing loss and tinnitus.
IN vestibular neuronitis, the episodes of vertigo lasts for hours at a time.
BPPV is normally treated with certain maneuvers that you probably had at your doctor's office, the epley or semont maneuvers.
Despite these , it can sometimes still last for a long period of time in some persons.
Summary: (1) the symptoms are still in keeping with BPPV
i hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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