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Vertigo is a feeling of imbalance that can range from intense spinning to a mild unsteadiness on movement. Patients often describe it in different ways like \u2018chakkar<\/a>\u2019, imbalance, or difficulty in focusing. It is often due to inner ear problems but may also occur due to disorders of the brain or other systems in the body. Vertigo is quite a common complaint affecting about 15% of the population. Around 180 million people in India have balance and dizziness problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dizziness often is a recurring symptom and may cause the person to lose confidence. Anyone who has suffered from vertigo is familiar with how dreadful the sensation of being dizzy or feeling off-balance is. It affects the ability to perform daily activities and may also cause psychological and emotional stress. Vertigo can impair the reaction time thereby affecting people\u2019s ability to multi-task. This makes people prefer to limit their activities and even become reclusive at times. This is the reason why vertigo sufferers are often anxious or depressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vertigo can occur in all age groups, from a young child to the elderly. Falls due to dizziness in people over 65 years are known to be the leading cause of accidental deaths. Some causes of vertigo-like vestibular migraine run in the family. Post-traumatic dizziness often lasts for long durations after the injuries. Certain medicines called ototoxic drugs (like chloroquine, TB medicines, some antibiotics like amikacin) can have an adverse effect on the balance system. Sometimes elderly patients and patients on treatment for hypertension may have sudden falls in blood pressure on standing up. This condition is called orthostatic hypotension and can cause a feeling of unsteadiness or blackouts due to the fluctuation in blood supply to the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vertigo is just a symptom of an underlying disorder; and not a disease itself. There are around 40 common diseases affecting the inner ear and brain that cause vertigo. It is important to find the disease-causing vertigo to be able to decide which treatment will be required. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo<\/a> or BPPV is one of the most common disorders causing dizziness due to displaced calcium carbonate crystals within the inner ear. Meniere\u2019s Disease is caused by increased inner ear fluid pressure. Vestibular migraine is a form of migraine which affects the balance nerve leading to imbalance. Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis are infections of the inner ear and balance nerve. Thus, there are many disorders that can cause dizziness and it is essential to find which disease is present to be able to treat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different causes of vertigo can present in different ways. Many people have spoken about the distress that they had due to vertigo. Top Australian batsman Steve Smith had said that he has had a \u201cbad dose of vertigo\u201d just before his second one day match against India. The attack was so severe that he was unsure about playing the match. His team doctor Leigh Golding performed the Epley maneuver, which involves a series of head and body movements to treat the inner ear disorder called BPPV. This almost magically made vertigo disappear and he scored 100 in just 62 balls!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vertigo episodes can last for hours with spinning, vomiting, and hearing loss as is seen in\u00a0Meniere\u2019s disease<\/a>. It can be present as persistent unsteadiness as is seen in bilateral peripheral vestibulopathy. In BPPV, the spells usually last for less than 30 seconds. Patients with recurrent vertigo often lose their confidence and are scared of traveling alone or driving, wary that they may have a dizzy spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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