Name
VERTIGO
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. PHYSIOLOGICAL VERTIGO - SEA SICKNESS - UNUSUAL HEAD & NECK POSITION - CAR SICKNESS - HEIGHT SICKNESS - MOTION SICKNESS - SPACE SICKNESS 2. PATHOLOGIC VERTIGO A. VISUAL VERTIGO - NEW OR INCORRECT SPECTACLES - SUDDEN ONSET OF AN EXTRA OCULAR MUSCLE WEAKNESS WITH DIPLOPIA. IT IS USUALLY TRANSIENT B. SOMATO-SENSORY VERTIGO - PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY C. LABYRINTHINE DYSFUNCTION I. AC. UNILATERAL LABYRINTHITIS CAUSED BY TRAUMA , INFECTION OR ISCHAEMIA II. AC BILATERAL LABYRINTHINE DYSFUNCTION - DUE TO TOXINS SUCH AS DRUGS LIKE AMINOGLYCOSIDES OR ALCOHOL III. RECURRENT UNILATERAL LABYRINTHINE DYSFUCNTION WITH PROGRESSIVE HEARING LOSS & TINNITUS LIKE MENIERE DISEASE , TIA ( VERY RARE & IS ASSOCIATED WITH MOTOR,SENSORY,VISUAL , CRANIAL NERVE OR CEREBELLAR SIGS IV. POSITIONAL VERTIGO V. VERTIGO OF VESTIBULAR NERVE ORIGIN - DISEASES THAT INVOLVE NERVE IN PETROUS BONE OR CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE LIKE SCHWARNOMAS ( ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS ), MENINGITIS OR ABNORMAL VESSEL THAT COMPRESSES NERVE. VI. LESIONS OF BRAIN STEM & CEREBELLUM VII. LABYRINTHINE ISCHAEMIA DUE TO OCCLUSION OF THE LABYRINTHINE BRANCH OF INTERNAL AUDITARY ARTRY. VIII. VESTIBULAR EPILEPSY OR TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY IX. PSYCHOGENIC VERTIGOOTHER TESTS : * ELECTRONYSTEGMOGRAPHY * ENT CHECK UP
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, MRI HEAD & SPINE
[VERTIGO]