A staggering two million people visit doctors for their dizziness, he said, making it one of the most common health complaints. It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, vertigo can affect anyone. Lucky for us, the Mayo Clinic tells us that it’s not a common symptom of an underlying medical condition. There are […]
Tag Archives: Meniere’s Disease
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When my cousin Ellie got up one morning, she felt that her room was being swept around. She was nauseous and felt off balance. A stunned panic sets up with his doctor. Her diagnosis: benign positional vertigo (BPPV). Dizziness is one of the most common reasons people visit their doctor, according to Mayo Clinic. Vertigo […]
We have all experienced it at one time or another: an obnoxious, sometimes high-pitched ringing sensation deep within our ears, also known as tinnitus. While this is a very common short-term issue when exposed to high noise volumes, it can also be a chronic problem, which actually may be caused by a few surprising sources. […]
Vertigo: What Is It? Can you imagine what it would feel like if you suddenly felt the sensation of spinning out of control; or felt your surroundings spinning uncontrollable around you? Can you imagine how frightening that would be? It could be very devastating if you were in a huge crowd, like the mall, for […]
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Do you know what it feels like to have a migraine but always have the same symptoms without the headache? Similar symptoms: Aura in one or both eyes, nausea, low light tolerance, odors, noise, circulatory problems, gastrointestinal distress such as constipation, or cramps. Your stomach may become paralyzed (gastric paralysis), making oral laxatives ineffective, behavior […]
My husband and I have a lot in common. While most of these commonalities can be considered good attributes, there’s an odd one out that causes much trouble – we’re both prone to dizziness. We have consulted our doctor-friend about this and yet another commonness was found in our respective conditions. My husband’s case of […]
I have Meniere’s disease. So do over 600,000 other individuals in the United States alone. Many have it and do not even realize it. The cause is unknown; hence there is no cure at this time. I will have it for the rest of my life, although it is not fatal. It comes and goes, […]
Hearing loss occurs when there is loss of sound sensitivity produced by an abnormality anywhere in the auditory system. A wide variety of conditions can cause hearing loss, including otosclerosis, cholesteatoma, and others. While physicians can sometimes identify the causes of hearing loss, in some cases the causes are unknown, or idiopathic. Conductive hearing loss […]
Vertigo is the name of the 1958 Hitchcock classic. Vertigo is also the term used to describe the sensation that the world is spinning, when there is no actual movement. Until recently I hadn’t given much thought to the word vertigo in either context. That is, not until my world started spinning, and I found […]