Of course the sensations of movement and symptoms accompanying vertigo can be much more violent in some cases than in others. You can feel like the floor has fallen out from under you, you can be sent hurtling to your knees. You can become blazing hot and red all over and drenched in sweat from head to toe. You can violently throw up time after time putting yourself in real danger of dehydration. Your head can feel so woolly and fuzzy, and swollen, really, that you can’t possible negotiate your daily activities and relationships.
You feel all you can do lie down and suffer the symptoms. And that feeling can last days keeping you in bed and away from work or school or life in general for days on end. On top of which, your arms and legs seem to become useless and you can barely negotiate the act of walking or feeding yourself. This is when falls are a real danger, especially for the elderly who risk sustaining a broken hip.
What can be done to help for vertigo? Your doctor can tell you what medications may or may not be practical in your case after first ascertaining the underlying cause. Your doctor can also instruct you in which motion desensitizing exercises may be helpful and instruct you in doing them properly. Your doctor may also choose to prescribe a manipulation to realign parts of your inner ear that may have been jolted out of place, particularly if you’ve sustained an injury in an accident. Traditional medical doctors are the best first place to start with looking for answers and help with vertigo, but naturopathic doctors have training in specialized areas of medicine that might benefit you in your treatment of vertigo. Considering talking to a naturopathic doctor in your area. Besides all of these very important collaborations between you and your doctor, there are other simple things that you can do on your own to help with vertigo.
First of all for help with vertigo buy some essence oils. A Web site called The Purple People www.thepurplepeople.com sells very good essence oils (Caution: do not use essential oils as they have not been cut with jojoba oil and are not safe for application topically on skin.) If your vertigo is due to ear damage or illness, gently massage around your ears — gently or you’ll hurt yourself — and down your neck with the essence oil. Then apply a hot compress. Do this twice a day and particularly before bed. If your vertigo is migraine related, massage the back of your neck and any place that you feel a headache on your forehead, temple, etc. using the essence oil. Again, massage gently.
Apply a hot compress. Do this twice a day. If you suffered a blow to your head, drop some essence oil onto your scalp in the spot(s) where it hurts you, massage gently — gently — and apply a hot compress. This can truly do wonders for immediate relief of symptoms, and since essence oils work on both the physical tissue level and the bio-energetic level, they are in fact aiding in long-term treatment of your vertigo.
There are three other things that I can mention that will help with vertigo. If you get a sick stomach from vertigo before you start vomiting, then the over-the-counter homeopathic remedy Nux Vomica, available at most any local health food store, can calm that symptom. If you are hit by a wave of vertigo, stare straight ahead at a fixed point, this can help to stabilize the onslaught of symptoms. The last suggestion you’re not going to like, but it is sensible and possibly important. If your vertigo is worsened by motion, like walking around a grocery store, or if your limbs tend to turn to jelly because of vertigo attacks, then get a cane and use it. Using a cane will stabilize and lessen the motion when you walk, and it will stabilize you if you become wobbly and unable to move those arms and legs in the proper way.
Vertigo is horrible. See your doctor. Make sure you know the underlying cause of your vertigo. Let your doctor help you with exercises, manipulations and medications if they are needed. Consider seeing a naturopathic doctor for help with vertigo. And add essence oils to your medicine cabinet. Spikenard, Nerboli Blossom, Cypress, Magnolia and Jasmine are a few that seem to offer good help with vertigo. Choose an essence oil by reading the descriptions and identifying ones that seem to address your needs or symptoms. You can buy sample bottles for around $2 each. Any little thing that can help ease some of the suffering and onset of symptoms is a great boon to those who suffer vertigo. These are a few smalls steps to take that may yield large benefits in your quest for help with vertigo.
These Web site offer valuable information for vertigo suffers:
http://www.learnaboutvertigo.com/?gclid=CIH2hMLt_IsCFQ3aZQodTEV_Uw This one offers a homeopathic remedy for vertigo.
http://www.neurologychannel.com/vertigo/symptoms.shtml This one has detailed and accurate information about vertigo and a sufferer’s Forum.
http://www.thepurplepeople.com/ This one sells Essence oils, click the link “Essence Oils Emporium.”
These sites offer more valuable information:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/vertigo/article_em.htm
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/medical_services/audio/vertigo/conditions/vertigo/signs.html
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/462/main.html
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/medical_services/audio/vertigo/conditions/vertigo/treatments.html
http://www.hpathy.com/diseases/vertigo-symptoms-treatment-cure.asp
http://www.vertigo-dizziness.com/english/whiplash_injury.html
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/516/main.html This one explains Nystagmus, which is related to vertigo.
Reference:
- www.learnaboutvertigo.com/?gclid=CIH2hMLt_IsCFQ3aZQodTEV_Uw Offers a homeopathic remedy for vertigo.
