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Vertigo that is caused by problems with the inner ear or vestibular system, which is composed of the semicircular canals, the vestibule (utricle and saccule), and the vestibular nerve is called "peripheral", "otologic", or "vestibular" vertigo.
12 sie 2022 · Vertigo is a specific type of dizziness defined as the sensation of self motion when no self motion is occurring or the sensation of distorted self motion during an otherwise normal head movement. 3 Acute vertigo represents up to 5% of all admissions to the emergency department. 7
13 mar 2023 · Vertigo is most often caused by a dysfunction in the vestibular system from a peripheral or central lesion. Peripheral etiologies include the more common causes of vertigo, such as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and Ménière disease.
23 paź 2023 · We calculated the burden of vertigo assuming that it accumulates over a one-year period. Vertigo is a symptom that is often episodic and does not require patients to experience it throughout the year. In the GBD study, vertigo is defined as a chronic sensory organ disease (see introduction).
Dizziness (including vertigo) affects about 15% to over 20% of adults yearly in large population-based studies. Vestibular vertigo accounts for about a quarter of dizziness complaints and has a 12-month prevalence of 5% and an annual incidence of 1.4%.
IT IS THE purpose of this report to discuss the mysterious symptom complex referred to most commonly as "epidemic vertigo." Clinical experiences with 24 cases seen between August 1962 and June 1964, will be discussed and results of a preliminary investigation of possible etiology presented.
21 mar 2013 · This study examines the prevalence and correlations of vertigo, dizziness, and unsteadiness (VDU) in an adult population using phenomenological definitions. It also explores the links between VDU and migraine, agoraphobia, motion sickness, vaso-vagal episodes, and anxiety-depression.
