Vertigo is a feeling that makes you feel like you or what you see is spinning. Hearing loss may also occur along with dizziness. Nausea, vomiting and loss of balance may often accompany this condition. Attacks in vertigo may be subtle or severe enough to prevent the person from doing their daily activities.
Diagnosis of vertigo
The first thing to do in diagnosing vertigo is to examine the patient's feelings. is to describe the feeling. Then, tests on the central nervous system and inner ear are performed to find the underlying cause. If insufficiency of blood flow to the brain is suspected, Doppler ultrasound, CT angiography, magnetic resonance angiography (MRI) or catheter angiography methods can be applied. Treatment is planned depending on the diagnosis.
Causes of Vertigo
Vertigo can mainly occur as a result of inflammation of the central nervous system and inner ear such as labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis. The causative agent is usually viruses. The most common agents are influenza, measles, rubella, herpes, mumps, polio, hepatitis and EBV viruses. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common type of vertigo. In this type of vertigo, severe dizziness is observed that lasts for 15 seconds or a few minutes and usually occurs following movement of the head. It may occur as a result of shaking the head back and forth or turning over in bed. It is usually seen in the elderly. Respiratory diseases and decreased blood flow to the head area can cause this condition. Although the findings can be disturbing, BPPV is a benign disorder. It usually does not require treatment.
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Another disease in which vertigo occurs is Meniere's disease. In addition to vertigo symptoms, Meniere's disease also includes tinnitus and hearing loss. Meniere's disease progresses in the form of attacks and periods of remission. Although the cause of the disease is not known exactly, head traumas, viruses, heredity and allergies are among the causes.
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Acoustic neuroma is a type of tumor of the nerve tissue of the inner ear. Along with vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss occur.
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Vertigo may also occur as a result of occlusion of the brain vessels or brain hemorrhage.
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Another disease in which vertigo occurs is multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Vertigo may occur after head trauma and neck injuries.
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Diabetes, low blood sugar, anxiety and panic disorder are other causes of vertigo.
Vertigo is divided into two. The first of these is peripheral vertigo. Peripheral vertigo; It is caused by problems in the inner ear and vestibular nerve. Causes of peripheral vertigo: Labyrintis, Vestibular neuronitis, Meneire's disease, Bening paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and Perilymphatic fistula. The second is central vertigo. Central vertigo is related to the cerebellum. Causes of central vertigo; Tumor formation in the cerebellum, stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, side effects of some medications (antidepressants, blood pressure and sleeping pills, etc.).
The inner ear is a balance organ. Most dizziness occurs due to inner ear problems. Sometimes, after head trauma, without any skull fracture, dizziness may occur due to shaking of the inner ear structures or displacement of inner ear crystals. Dizziness caused by inner ear disease is referred to as vertigo.
Our ability to stay in balance is provided by several different systems. These systems; vestibular system, sensorimotor control system and proprioception system. The vestibular system helps us stay balanced. The inner ear is part of the vestibular system. Vertigo develops if the receptors (sensors) in the inner ear cannot accurately send information about the person's position to the brain.
You can understand whether you have vertigo by doing a simple test. Turn around yourself for 2-3 minutes while standing or lean forward and make a circle with your head. If after a short while everything around you starts to spin and you feel lousy, it means you have vertigo. In vertigo, the world rotates, not our head.
Vertigo treatment
Since vertigo is not a disease, but a symptom of a disease, the diagnosed disease must be treated. Psychotherapy can help people whose dizziness results from anxiety disorders.
Treatment for vertigo varies depending on the type of disease and is aimed at keeping the symptoms under control. After the doctor determines the type of vertigo Then he chooses the appropriate treatment. Vertigo treatment is done in 5 stages:
1. Elimination of triggering factors (stress, alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, salt, etc.)
2.Avoiding the triggering position
3.Medication and some basic eye and head movements, balance exercises
4.Surgical treatment for the lesion detected in the middle ear or brain.
5. But the actual treatment should be done with acupuncture for the cause.
Treatment with acupuncture:
There are many causes of Vertigo (dizziness), which gives the feeling that the environment or one's own body is spinning. has. The most important causes are inner ear diseases, cervical spine or Temporomandibular joint problems, incorrect placement of teeth, eye problems, circulatory problems, arrhythmia and other internal diseases, cerebellum disorders and brain tumors.
Gallbladder, which surrounds both sides of the head. and/or a scar located in the Bladder Meridians area acts as a focal disturbance and these scars can also cause dizziness. These disruptive fields must be eliminated.
Ear acupuncture should be started after the diagnosis of a specialist doctor and especially after tumors in the brain, brainstem and inner ear have been excluded. Vertigo caused by problems in the cervical spine can be treated with ear acupuncture.
Cervical Spine Region is marked on both ears. Three sympathetic ganglia in the cervical region are needled. The gallbladder meridian located in the antitragus and the gallbladder point in the ear and the cerebellum located behind the ear, caudal to the auricle are also used. In addition, the pons and bulbus in the brainstem and the eighth cranial nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis, which originates from the sulcus between the two, are also used in the treatment.
Recommendations for vertigo patients:
•Avoid stress as much as possible. stop
•Drink plenty of water: Drink plenty of water to maintain the water-salt balance in the body. But stay away from tea and coffee. Do not consume caffeinated or alcoholic drinks, because these drinks can cause increased fluid in the inner ear.
•Get into the habit of exercising and do sports that suit you
•Eat regularly and balancedly and have enough to strengthen your immune system. sleep
•Use vitamin D pills if your doctor prescribes it n
•Avoid sudden movements. Otherwise, you may fall and get injured
•Use non-slip mats on the bathroom and floor to avoid the danger of falling
•Sit or lie down immediately when you feel dizzy
•In severe vertigo attacks, go to a dark place. rest your eyes for a while in the room
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