What is vertigo? Vertigo is a medical term used to describe the dizzy disturbance that a person experiences within a fixed environment. It is a sense that the surroundings are tilting or spinning. This sensation can be sudden and short-lived or chronic. In both cases, the precise cause of vertigo should be diagnosed and the proper treatment undertaken.
There are many causes for the symptoms of Vertigo. One kind of vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, can be the result of an inner ear condition that can take place after a person has sustained a head trauma or after a severe cold. Frequently this kind of vertigo can be a part of getting older. However, most often, the cause is unknown. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is a wordy diagnosis, but it delineates perfectly this non-progressive condition that is generated by, as its name implies, a abrupt change in head position. The symptoms are normally unanticipated and unpredictable.
To get an idea of what brings about the often disabling symptoms of this type of vertigo, it is helpful to examine the function of the inner ear. The brain senses movement and maintains balance through the medium of the fluid contained in the inner ear. Also in the inner ear are small calcium carbonate crystals, known as otoconia. When these crystals are dislodged, they then float in the inner ear fluid. The symptoms of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo are caused by the crystals striking against the sensitive nerve endings in the inner ear.
If you suffer from BPPV, it is important for you to know that San Diego chiropractors using a technique known as the Epley maneuver, can get rid of the symptoms of BPPV quickly and successfully. Through the use of this technique, a chiropractor moves the head of a BPPV sufferer into several different positions, and gravity moves the calcium carbonate crystals into an area of the inner ear that is away from the nerve endings where they will cause no further dizziness.
Your chiropractor has assisted hundreds of people suffering from Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo using the Epley Maneuver technique and most are no longer dizzy after with just one treatment. Make an appointment with your San Diego chiropractor today!
