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 ...
The dizziness a person may experience is usually classified by doctors as either lightheadedness or vertigo. In the former, the person feels mentally hazy or faint, while in the latter, the person feels that the room is whirling around him. The type of dizziness experienced in vertigo is often associated with certain disorders present in ...
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. ...
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: 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 ...
A staggering two million people visit their doctors for dizziness, myself included, making it one of the most common health complaints. It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, dizziness can affect anyone. Lucky for us, the Mayo Clinic says it’s not usually an indicator of an underlying serious medical condition. There are different ...
Most of you know what it feels like to have a migraine, but do you ever get the same symptoms with out the head pain? Symptoms like: Aura’s in one or both eyes, nausea, low tolerance for light, odors, or noises, circulatory problems, gastrointestinal woes like constipation, or cramps. Your stomach may even become paralyses ...
When my cousin Ellie got up one morning, she felt like the room was spinning all around her. She was nauseous and felt she had no balance. Panic-stricken, she made an appointment with her doctor. Her diagnosis: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Dizziness is one of the most common reasons for people to visit their ...
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, ...
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 ...
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