Anyone who has ever had labyrinthitis knows that it is not fun and it seems like it will never go away. I have been dealing with the condition for a few weeks now. One minute I was fine, the next minute I was in the ER feeling like I was dying. Since then, I have ...
Caroline looked at the graying muzzle of her 12-year-old black American Cocker Spaniel, Joy, as she telephoned the vet. Although she worried that the elderly dog would develop cancer like her prior Cocker, she had never expected Joy to suddenly stumble and fall while trying to navigate the only home she’d ever known. The vet ...
Many dog owners soon realize or within five minutes their pet has motion sickness (car, boat or airplane), especially young dogs have carsickness. Some dogs outgrow this problem. Receptors in the ear called the vestibular appartus help an animal process position and movement. A dog will experience motion sickness or carsickness if the signals coming ...
What is vertigo? Vertigo is generally defined as a true spinning or whirling sensation. It is a false sensation that leads the mind and body to believe that everything a person sees(and often the body itself) is in constant motion, when in reality, nothing is moving whatsoever. Vertigo is very similar to generalized dizziness, in ...
About 35 percent of adults over 40 in the United States are affected by dizziness, imbalance, and vertigo due to vestibular dysfunction according to the Vestibular Disorder Association. The vestibule of the ear is the central portion of the inner ear that controls balance. Normal balance depends on tiny crystals, called otoconia, that are linked ...
The title sounds quite odd, does it not? Or is it misleading? I personally think medical terminology is rather strange, especially how it can mislead people from a non-medical background. There is an extensive list of bizarre medical terms that define health conditions or medical processes, yet they all sound like small jokes between the ...
Any kind of migraine should not be confused with headaches, although the confusion is easy to come by. Both maladies involve head pain. But migraines often only pummel half of your head while headaches pummel both sides. Doctors tend to make a sharp distinction between headaches and migraines, but they will understand what you mean ...
