Help! My mom has got Vertigo and is suffering from Insomnia.?
Question:
Anyone else have this problem and manage to get a cure?
Answers:
Vertigo is a type of dizziness that's characterized by the sensation of spinning. It's sometimes referred to as a hallucination of motion. Imagine what it would feel like to be placed suddenly on a roller coaster that won't stop, and you begin to understand the alarming symptom of vertigo.
A fairly common cause of vertigo is labyrinthitis (explanation below). This type of vertigo may occur after a flu-like illness, severe ear infection, or may have no clear cause. It's usually self-limited, meaning it goes away all by itself. But it may intermittently reappear over weeks to months. Bouts of vertigo are commonly treated with meclizine (Antivert).
Vertigo can also result from other vestibular (balance center) disorders. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is thought to be caused by tiny loose particles floating freely in the fluid (endolymph) of the vestibular system. Meniere's disease is a chronic condition that causes vertigo associated with ringing or roaring and progressive hearing loss in the affected ear(s). Other causes of vertigo include vestibular neuronitis (inflammation of the vestibular nerves), and post traumatic vertigo which may occur after an injury to the head involving the inner ear structures. Sometimes vertigo may be a symptom of a more serious underlying illness such as a stroke or tumor.
So, anyone with the symptom of vertigo should be seen immediately by a doctor in order to determine the cause. If you can't get in by appointment, then obtain a ride to your local emergency room. They're well equipped to do the required initial evaluation, and provide relief from the unpleasant symptoms, regardless of one's ability to pay. Don't drive or operate machinery until cleared by your physician.
And for her insomnia as i read on some books it is just only a psychological term. Which means its either she just thinking or scared on what will going to happen if she sleep with that dizziness.
Other Answers:
The cause of this could be middle ear infection.
dizziness is a symptom of a problem. It can be caused by numerous things such as medications, low blood pressure, tumors, heart problems, stoke, bleeding in the brain, etc. She needs to see a dr. to find out what is wrong.
well i am an insomniac myself and have had it for a year and theres really nothing you can do except get a sleeping prescription but it just depends on how bad the case you got.
If not an infection, there's this thing called benign positional vertigo.
http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/PatientInfo/info_bppv.html
Apparently it can last for a few weeks, then goes away.
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