What is Vertigo? Vertigo is the sensation that a person or the things around him are spinning when there is actually no movement. Vertigo can also be referred to as dizziness, although dizziness primarily refers to lightheadedness without the spinning sensation. Here are some little-known facts: Up to 10% of [...]
Addressing Your Vertigo Symptoms Naturally in Calgary Meniere’s disease is a condition that affects the ear and can lead to severe vertigo, hearing loss, ringing in the ears, and the feeling of congestion in the ear. Because the inner ear is intimately connected to our sense of balance, the vertigo attacks suffered by Meniere’s [...]
Vertigo, often referred to as dizziness (though the conditions are different), has no known cause and for that reason can be very difficult to diagnose and treat. In the US, the condition affects 5-10% of people and 40% of those over 40 years old. Between 1995 and 2004 vertigo also [...]
All of a sudden, the room is spinning around you, or you feel as if you are spinning around even though you’re still – you’re experiencing a vertigo attack. There could be many reasons why this is happening. Vertigo can arise from a problem with the body’s vestibular system (the [...]
Whiplash can still do damage many years after the initial accident or injury. Something that may have happened in high school or college can be causing a person health problems right now, and they may not even realize it is due to the injury from long ago. If a person [...]
Meniere’s disease is comprised of a set of symptoms that come and go, including vertigo, tinnitus (ringing or buzzing in the ear), hearing loss, and a sense of fullness in the ear. An episode can be short-lived, lasting only 20 minutes, or up to 4 long, uncomfortable hours. Meniere’s disease [...]
Vertigo is caused by an issue in the vestibular system which includes the inner ear. The patient experiences the feeling that the room is spinning. What conditions most frequently result in vertigo? Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) – Often shortened to positional vertigo, this is a condition that is very [...]
Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) describes a cluster of symptoms that can occur as a result of a head injury. These symptoms are comprised of both physical and cognitive issues that linger long after they normally would have subsided. In the days following a concussion, it is normal to experience headache, dizziness, sleep disturbance, [...]
Sustaining an injury to the head, even a mild one, has both immediate and longer-lasting repercussions. A concussion is a form of mild traumatic brain injury that usually happens after some type of blow to the head. This can happen during a sports event or a motor vehicle accident. Sometimes the trauma [...]
