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Vertigo Maneuver - Articles
Vertigo and Migraine
by
Dr. Alexander Mauskop
Posted
Wed 10 Jun 2009 6:46pm
Vertigo is a common symptom in patients with migraine headaches. It appears that obverse is also true - migraine is very common in patients with vertigo. A study just published in Cephalalgia looked at 208 patients with benign recurrent vertigo. It turned out that 87%, or 180 of these patients had migraine headaches. Of these 180 patients, 112
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Vertigo as a menopausal migraine
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Dr. Alexander Mauskop
Posted
Fri 03 Sep 2010 9:50pm
Vertigo and dizziness are common in migraine sufferers. It is much less common for vertigo to be the only symptom of migraines. This seems to be the case with vertigo... from vertigo for at least a year. Treatment with standard migraine medications and hormonal therapy reduced attacks of vertigo by 50% and was more effective than non-hormonal
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Ear Infection The Triggers Benign Vertigo
by
estertey
Posted
Sun 21 Dec 2008 11:23am
I feel a lot better about my dizziness due to my Benign Vertigo. I was so stupid for wasting my time waiting for my Vertigo to subside without seeing a doctor. I thought that it will go away by itself since the doctor said that there is no direct cure for it. Just a simple exercise to move the fluid that triggers the dizziness. But then I felt
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More on migraines and vertigo
by
Dr. Alexander Mauskop
Posted
Mon 05 Apr 2010 6:59am
Vertigo is a common complaint of migraine patients. Ear-nose-throat specialists at the University of Pisa examined 22 patients with migraine headaches who complained of vertigo and 22 who did not, as well as 22 control subjects without migraines. They found that in both groups of patients with migraines a third had abnormal vestibular function
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Severe migrainous vertigo responds to steroids
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Dr. Alexander Mauskop
Posted
Mon 31 Aug 2009 11:32pm
Migrainous vertigo seems to respond to intravenous infusion of a high dose of corticosteroids, according to a report in the latest issue of Headache by a group of Indian doctors. Two of their patients had intermittent episodes of severe vertigo and two had chronic vertigo. All four respond to infusions of 1 gram of methylprednisolone. One require
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Migraine and Prevalence of Dizziness and Vertigo
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Teri Robert
Posted
Fri 30 Jul 2010 12:00am
Dizziness and vertigo are sometimes reported as symptoms of Migraine attacks. Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, have been looking at possible symptoms of Migraine and their prevalence. In a recent study, they looked at dizziness and vertigo.
It should be noted that dizzines and vertigo are not the same thing
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Vertigo and Coca Tea
by
Diana ..
Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:28pm
1 Comment
As a person with multiple sclerosis, I suffer from vertigo more than I would like. Today I had an attack of vertigo out of the blue that left me feeling like a drunkard. When I get vertigo, sometimes it affects my balance and I walk into walls. At other times, it causes the room to completely spin out of control like a bad hangover. I
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Can Sleep Problems Cause Benign Positional Vertigo?
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Dr. Steven P.
Posted
Thu 29 Oct 2009 11:02pm
A few days after my 3rd son Brennan was born, I suffered from classic benign positional vertigo. Looking back on the course of events, I had a eureka moment last night that literally kept me up in bed.
Benign Positional Vertigo (or BPV) is a well-described inner ear condition that otolaryngologists like myself treat all the time. The classic
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