Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The illusion of motion, typically circular motion, called vertigo. Vertigo is a presenting complaint that people experience more frequently as they get older. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, acute vestibular neuronitis or labyrinthitis, Ménière's disease, migraine, and anxiety disorders are the most frequent causes of this syndrome. Retrocochlear tumors and vertebrobasilar ischemia are less frequent causes. Clinical judgments are frequently guided by the distinction between peripheral and central vertigo. The majority of vertigo patients can receive treatment in a primary care setting and don't need significant diagnostic testing. A canalith repositioning operation frequently improves benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Vestibular rehabilitation activities are recommended after early stabilizing treatments and vestibular suppression medicines have been used to treat acute vestibular neuronitis or labyrinthitis.
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4402562141