VERTIGO CLINIC

VERTIGO CLINIC

Vertigo is a false sense of motion, spinning or feeling of imbalance. Sufferers often call it dizziness, imbalance, light-headedness. Often the imbalance is associated with nausea, vomiting or unsteadiness on walking. It may worsen when you move your head. It is a fact that 20-40% people are affected by dizziness at some point in time in their life; 15% people have dizziness, and 2-3% of emergency visits in the developed world is for vertigo. A neuro-otological workup alone will help to find out if a vertigo patient is suffering from disorders like BPPV, Meniere’s Disease, Vestibular Neuritis, Labyrinthitis, Acoustic Neuroma, Otolith Dysfunction, Vestibular Migraine, Central Vestibulopathy or psychogenic disorders. ENT specialist may perform some clinical tests and vestibular tests [VideonystagmoGraphy (VNG), Video Head Impulse test [VHIT], Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP), Electrocochleography]. Depending on the cause and type of vertigo the ENT Specialist, neurologist and physical therapist as a multidisciplinary team will decide on the mode of treatment. This may include a combination of simple lifestyle changes, medications or physical therapy.

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